[CalRobert]

"most of them live in single-family houses on large plots of land"

It's been almost-illegal to build any other kind of housing for decades.

[rascul]

I hear that a lot about California but I don't know that it's generally true elsewhere in the country.

[seadan83]

I was surprised by the stat, it does check out. Out 130 M housing units, 90M are single family (on a phone, citation needed, but that us what I found after a quick google)

[rascul]

I meant the almost illegal part. I wasn't clear.