The existing paradigm creates extremes. We have Manhattan filled with 40-100 story skyscrapers, then we have the other boroughs with much less. We've got suburban NJ, CT, and NY. If those areas stopped their restrictive zoning policies, and allowed building more density, then the people who wanted to live in NYC could do so, and the people who wanted to live near NYC could do so.

When you take a look at Tokyo, who have had stable housing prices, and have a sane zoning system, what you see is that people can live where they want to live. Yes you have some skyscrapers. But you also have many places that aren't.