True, exactly the same thing happened all around my childhood home during and after my time there. I might be prone to take that as a given... But that's still

True, exactly the same thing happened all around my childhood home during and after my time there. I might be prone to take that as a given... But that's still just a marginal density increase that is unlikely to reach any of the density thresholds where the density starts having benefits from the individual point of view, not only downsides. Benefits like walkable range amenities and necessities becoming economically viable. Without reaching those thresholds, the density increase is only beneficial on society level. On the individual level, you only get the drawbacks and none of the rewards.