That can happen at the small scale - neighborhoods or suburban villages. It doesn't really happen at the city or metro area scale. (If you have evidence of urb

That can happen at the small scale - neighborhoods or suburban villages. It doesn't really happen at the city or metro area scale. (If you have evidence of urban areas that have allowed lots of construction during periods of high population and job growth - cities like Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta - and have also seen high housing prices, please share it; I'm genuinely curious). Part of the problem in the bay area is that there is minimal cooperation between the dozens of municipal governments to allow more housing. None of them want to be the first or only one to do it out of fear that they'll just end up with more density and high prices. It's a bit of a prisoner's dillema.