Your points have some merit, but this: > the reality is that new housing is simply illegal in every positive population growth city in the country is just not

Your points have some merit, but this: > the reality is that new housing is simply illegal in every positive population growth city in the country is just not true. There's plenty of greenfield building going on in the metropolitan areas of Denver, Boise, Salt Lake City, Vegas, St. George, Phoenix, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Northern Virginia, Raleigh, Atlanta, and South Florida. These are areas that have all shown positive population growth.