>>211913878All the other "cities" popped up in states that focused on bringing in families eager to buy into the "american dream" of a white picket fence, an oversized home, and a driveway with a car. The cities did not plan to support a larger urban population, so if they want to match New York's density now, they will have to totally restructure their entire layout. Which will not happen
CA state legislature put laws that protected their property from being overtaxed so many people flocked in over the years.
Now cities there are paying for it dearly. in SF bay area, the region is mostly single family homes. There is no more space to build density.
The next big city will be Seattle and perhaps Portland because their states have put in laws that would prevent NIMBY trenches. Los Angeles lost. San Francisco lost.