[VHRanger]

The reason this happens is that effectively anything except a single family home is banned.

So when a multifamily project is approved on a lit, developpers are thrilled to put a high rise - there's so much pent up demand they know it'll sell out.

On the other end, the ultra rich want bigger mcmansions.

What's still lacking is sane 2-8 unit zoning.

[david-gpu]

I would argue that what is missing is mixed-use medium-density buildings. Blocks of exclusively residential buildings discourage people from walking to do their daily errands, because shops are too far from their home. This in turn increases the amount of car traffic in our neighborhoods, which sucks for everybody but especially for people outside of the vehicles that are causing that traffic.