My sister in law in Shanghai lives in such a highrise apartment block (of which there seem to be countless) and still commutes an hour each way to work because

My sister in law in Shanghai lives in such a highrise apartment block (of which there seem to be countless) and still commutes an hour each way to work because nothing closer was affordable. If London ever reaches that kind of housing demand, I suspect NIMBYs will have no say in the matter.