Indeed, that's what I was alluding to. Given the right infrastructure, we can probably scale cities up to incredible populations. Instead, we stopped building

Indeed, that's what I was alluding to. Given the right infrastructure, we can probably scale cities up to incredible populations. Instead, we stopped building that infrastructure, and everyone started commuting by car. Then we wonder why cities are struggling to expand and usefully located housing has become so expensive. We're trying to watch 4K YouTube over 28.8k dialup, and wondering why it's buffering all the time.