What am i missing here? There's plenty of free or almost free land everywhere including in rich countries. Just not where someone wants to live. Drive one hour

What am i missing here? There's plenty of free or almost free land everywhere including in rich countries. Just not where someone wants to live. Drive one hour from where the jobs are in any direction and you get almost free land. But people are leaving those places, not going there, for some mysterious reasons. What do you mean by "taxing liquidity", i don't even understand. Negative interest on bank deposits? It's already effectively there for about a generation.