[masonic]

  uninhabited wilderness to concrete jungles 

Many of us don't want to live in concrete jungles.

[icebraining]

So you should move to Oregon, since all this does is allow low density construction mixed with the existing very-low density construction.

[0815test]

Many people want to live in Manhattan and Tokyo, though. High density comes with plenty of quality-of-life benefits, and need not even be to the exclusion of lower density elsewhere.