Humans have been aggregating into cities for thousands of years because they are more economical than living sparsely. With sparsely populated areas you also h

Humans have been aggregating into cities for thousands of years because they are more economical than living sparsely. With sparsely populated areas you also have logistics problems but no economy of scale. Every stand-alone dwelling adds new infrastructure requirements to the road/power/water/fuel system and increases maintenance costs. Cities tend to be net tax payers while suburban and rural areas tend to be net tax beneficiaries, subsidized by the taxes from cities. Both types of places are important, but rural and suburban are already heavily tax-advantaged.