If you build 40 stories high, you can give each person much more space per square meter of land used, than if you if you build low-rises. The shoeboxes are simp

If you build 40 stories high, you can give each person much more space per square meter of land used, than if you if you build low-rises. The shoeboxes are simply a consequence of the land underneath those towers being so in demand that people would rather trade living and green space to be situated there.