> in any case, despite all its problems, housing per sqft in America is still among the cheapest in the western hemisphere, let alone the world. expect things t

> in any case, despite all its problems, housing per sqft in America is still among the cheapest in the western hemisphere, let alone the world. expect things to get much worse. good luck. That's true because we just have so much land, so there's still empty space, but it's not true of areas where the good jobs are. Having said that, it is worse in every other Anglo country (especially Ireland and the UK) because at least our zoning allows some by-right development, but they instead banned development entiely.