> why do we always seem to grow by increasing density rather than establishing new small towns When we grow population we increase density. The two concepts ha

> why do we always seem to grow by increasing density rather than establishing new small towns When we grow population we increase density. The two concepts have a direct linear relationship there’s no other thing that can possibly happen. The only relevant question is where the density increases. A new small town in a rural area is an increase in density for that area. Your argument thus reduces, entirely, to “why don’t people go somewhere else instead of where I live?”