> because five stories high gives you plenty of density, and that's doable in "pretty" styles as many European cities show. Lol. Plenty of density is relative.

> because five stories high gives you plenty of density, and that's doable in "pretty" styles as many European cities show. Lol. Plenty of density is relative. It does give you more than the average density of a West coast city, which is enough to get upvotes here, though, so there is that. > Your mention of economic constraints also sounds a bit strange to me, because there has been a lot of economic growth in the past couple centuries. There is an order of magnitude more regulation. Or maybe an order of magnitude more paperwork?