>But it's definitely true that dense expensive places are dense and expensive because people want to live there. It's just as likely for every person who wants

>But it's definitely true that dense expensive places are dense and expensive because people want to live there. It's just as likely for every person who wants to live in a dense city there's someone else who lives there for career reasons but would rather live somewhere else. The second person drives up the cost of housing just as much as the first.