> the appropriate response is to campaign and vote for what you think are more reasonable policies. What if this persistently fails to work? > it has repeated

> the appropriate response is to campaign and vote for what you think are more reasonable policies. What if this persistently fails to work? > it has repeatedly needed active government programs to make a dense city function, and to actively support trade, commerce and finance It is possible that active government programs are the only way to make a dense city function. But that's not the same as saying dense cities are the best way for people to live. > none of them have succeeded in creating NYC's economic success I'm not sure that's true. For example, according to Wikipedia [1], in 2009, the NYC metro area was ranked 10th in per capita GDP. Some of the higher ranked areas are familiar, such as the Bay area and the Boston metro area; but also ranked higher than NYC were Midland, Texas (ranked #1), Des Moines, and Elkhart, Indiana. So I don't think it's a slam dunk that the best way to create economic success is to have a hugely dense city with active government programs. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._metropolitan_areas_by_GDP_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._metropolitan_area...