> applying technology to building denser housing [...] The technology for this isn't anything new, the first underground carparks opened in 1930s [0][1]. It's

> applying technology to building denser housing [...] The technology for this isn't anything new, the first underground carparks opened in 1930s [0][1]. It's not so much a technology problem as it is a people problem. People (NIMBYs, the middle classes) don't want massive blocks of housing in the middle of their cities, and what is being built 'affordably' is tiny and/or poor quality (in the UK at least). [2] [0] http://www.1066online.co.uk/hastings-history/hastings-town/carlisle-parade-underground-car-park.html http://www.1066online.co.uk/hastings-history/hastings-town/c... [1] http://www.nailhed.com/2015/05/the-worlds-first-underground-parking.html http://www.nailhed.com/2015/05/the-worlds-first-underground-... [2] http://www.propertywire.com/news/europe/new-homes-uk-poll-2015061810646.html http://www.propertywire.com/news/europe/new-homes-uk-poll-20...