> hundreds of tall high rises with 500+ units, like in New York or Boston Notably, those cities have been very expensive for decades because they also slowed t

> hundreds of tall high rises with 500+ units, like in New York or Boston Notably, those cities have been very expensive for decades because they also slowed their pace of housing construction below demand. Meanwhile, cities like Houston have kept prices down by granting tons of building permits. For the purposes of pricing (as opposed to urban design), it doesn't matter what form the new units take, as long as they get built.