> My frustration is that large cities like Houston are able to build inexpensively, while relatively small ones like Boston/SF are just insane. Houston is a la

> My frustration is that large cities like Houston are able to build inexpensively, while relatively small ones like Boston/SF are just insane. Houston is a large city just because it's sprawlville (to a ridiculous degree, city limits is an astounding 627 sq mi). It's not a fair comparison to an urbanized city like Boston or SF (that both have 5+ times the density).