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Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la... by thelastgallon on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @07:53AM (#37913547)
Resources are for a certain quality of life are the same regardless of location. Unless, you are willing to for a lower quality of lifestyle.

These resources can be transported to high density living, or spread out across 100x - 1000x area. Which do you think is more efficient?

Building roads, water, electricity costs millions/mile. All this must be built before you even think about shipping resources to support. Then services (schools, hospitals, dentist) -- all of these and services only make sense at scale.

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