It's more dense than other cities, but there's still a few problems. There was a huge controversy when the city tried to upzone SoHo/NoHo. Additionally, the ot

It's more dense than other cities, but there's still a few problems. There was a huge controversy when the city tried to upzone SoHo/NoHo. Additionally, the other boroughs aren't super dense. For example, much of the land next to LIRR is pretty low density, and even SFH [0]. Some people in Manhattan would be okay living there, so that does lead to higher rents in Manhattan. 0 - https://www.planetizen.com/news/2021/06/113861-new-york-times-upzone-suburbs https://www.planetizen.com/news/2021/06/113861-new-york-time...