I wish that more inner city housing was high rise apartment buildings in the UK. When I first moved here it was super weird to see "okay in London there are sm

I wish that more inner city housing was high rise apartment buildings in the UK. When I first moved here it was super weird to see "okay in London there are small flats, because it's the big city, they don't build up because they complain it ruins the aesthetic/NIMBY/Grenfell tower fears". So I go out to a small town here for the first time. Large green fields surrounding this town, plenty of space. It's STILL ALL SMALL FLATS! I think the core issue is that there's such a long history here, everyone already owned all the land a long time ago. Getting a small slice enough for a flat is the most people can do. My friend grew up in London in a flat, went to inner city schools and coming from beautiful green NZ I just couldn't imagine what that must be like. His flat all surrounded by concrete and endless streets flat up against flat with no space in between. His schools all built up in the same way, often with a school field "down the road". I think in the UK it's too late to remedy, but outside of cities houses need more space. Inside cities they need to start building modern high rises.