Many European cities were rebuilt without zoning in the 1800s and this is what we see today. Paris and London were rebuilt to the maximum height that was pract

Many European cities were rebuilt without zoning in the 1800s and this is what we see today. Paris and London were rebuilt to the maximum height that was practical then. The rennovation - or destruction of old Paris really - was dramatic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Pa... It's mainly zoning since the 1970s that has caused prices to shoot up. If London was allowed to go up and out more prices wouldn't be do high. It's similar for central Paris.