That’s the direct tradeoff you make though - if you want to be near other people (which typically also means being where the jobs + interesting things are), you

That’s the direct tradeoff you make though - if you want to be near other people (which typically also means being where the jobs + interesting things are), you get less space. If you want more space, you can go live somewhere rural, but everyone else around you also gets more space, so there won’t be much nearby. If you want a lot of space and to be near a lot of people, you’ll have to pay more. You’re basically paying to have more than your neighbors at that point. (That aside, if you want that much land, why haven’t you moved to a more rural area then?)