that's true, market forces like supply and demand affect everything in the economy, and while we've grown, our landmass has remained static. which parts of the

that's true, market forces like supply and demand affect everything in the economy, and while we've grown, our landmass has remained static. which parts of the land are worth more than others though, I think the article does a good job of providing examples too: people living closer to each central city had higher wages, which meant they could pay more for the land pieces... so they did, which meant they had to ask more when selling in order to 'break even' or 'realize on their investment' i guess the bigger question is: why did we tie our need for shelter into the economy? in order to achieve constant growth (ensure someone isnt left 'holding the bag'), we have to either be willfully ignorant of a growing population, or maintain a fantasy of there always being viable room for ever more people i hope we start colonizing the moon or even mars before we have to deal with fallout from the above...