> Rents are very high because they assume you can live there without a car Rents are very high in cities because there's not enough housing for everyone who wa

> Rents are very high because they assume you can live there without a car Rents are very high in cities because there's not enough housing for everyone who wants to live there [1] not because of an assumption about car ownership. [1] Ironically, in part because of an assumption that people will have cars, which is one limitation on how dense housing construction is allowed to be.