72M people in New York would be AMAZING for many reasons. Each person living there would have higher productivity than they have today. Which means they'd take

72M people in New York would be AMAZING for many reasons. Each person living there would have higher productivity than they have today. Which means they'd take home more income, and spend less on rent, (if zoning restrictions were removed) than they do today. Cities have an incredible property in that they have "increasing returns to scale" - they make their residents more productive the larger they grow. [1] A 72M person NYC would be the most productive city in human history. Now that may require the city government to improve the productivity of trash collection, and the subway - but those are great things to improve! And such a city may not be efficiently served by cars - so bring on the electric bikes! Every day that a 72M person NYC does not exist, is a day that roughly 72M people are being robbed of the life they could have. Please recognize that denying the efficiencies of agglomerations has real world consequences! [1] https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-City-Greatest-Invention-Healthier/dp/0143120549 https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-City-Greatest-Invention-Healt...