The missing bit is that that first dense housing signals unmet demand. The real keys are: 1. is to keep on going with the dense housing to saturate. 2. a city

The missing bit is that that first dense housing signals unmet demand. The real keys are: 1. is to keep on going with the dense housing to saturate. 2. a city council that insists on below-market-rate housing be included with the development 3. layer cake development: bottom floor is retail, middle is office, top floors are apartments/hotels + below market rate This prevents developers from cherry-picking the highest demand usage for their building at the expense of the total needs of the community.