It really is the case that some people cannot be happy while there are too many other people -- they need to live on enormous properties and drive huge gas-guzz

It really is the case that some people cannot be happy while there are too many other people -- they need to live on enormous properties and drive huge gas-guzzling trucks at high speeds without ever meeting any traffic or parking contention. The presence of neighbors genuinely diminishes their well-being. From both a geometry and energy perspective, not too many people can have this life. But it's also the case that a lot of people are happy living in Manhattan and taking the subway. Billions more people could have this life if we allowed it. I think people whose preferences are incompatible with the vast majority of their fellow humans being alive, need to take one for the team here.