California has a lot of land, too, and more habitable then texas imo. People don't want sprawl. The live in sf because it's a city with an urban center. It's w

California has a lot of land, too, and more habitable then texas imo. People don't want sprawl. The live in sf because it's a city with an urban center. It's why, despite hours of traffic, people live in sf instead of mountain view, cupertino, etc. It REQUIRES densification. Sprawl will not meet this demand.