It's absurd to frame this as some sort of luxury consumption decision. Sure, that might be true for like beach front properties but we're talking about virtuall

It's absurd to frame this as some sort of luxury consumption decision. Sure, that might be true for like beach front properties but we're talking about virtually every major city in the country. People grow up and have social connections in these places. There are jobs there. There are political reasons for moving. But most importantly these are cities, not suburbs. It's just wildly ridiculous to disallow dense housing which would allow more residents and lower housing prices.