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> Why do people need to live in cities? Short answer: economy of scale. Higher population density is ecologically more sustainable as well as it lowers the cost

• ZeroGravitas 11y ago
  It's a bit of a paradox then that city living is generally considered more expensive given that the economies of scale should kick in. Presumably someone is making money here, probably owners of the land, which goes up in value thanks mostly to the efforts of the other people in the city, not anything the land owner does, as proponents of a Land Value Tax would argue.