> there was a ridiculous amount of unused land The municipalities have to zone it first, and then build basic infrastructure. Whenever they try, they get bogge

> there was a ridiculous amount of unused land The municipalities have to zone it first, and then build basic infrastructure. Whenever they try, they get bogged down by complaints by NIMBYers who really like their forests and the flying squirrels* that live in them. * Not joking, the environments they live in are protected. And they live almost everywhere where there are enough trees to call a forest and you care to look for them. A lot of zoning plans get cancelled because of flying squirrels.