I must say if you made the Bay Area look like Tokyo a considerable amount of what people call "natural beauty", which is in part landscaped beauty, would be red

I must say if you made the Bay Area look like Tokyo a considerable amount of what people call "natural beauty", which is in part landscaped beauty, would be reduced. (Not that you couldn't greatly improve the place with Barcelona or Paris style density! I agree the low-hanging fruit is absurd)