Dense urbanization is not the point. We need medium density. Bikeable. There should be more housing choices than an apartment in a giant building by a highway O

Dense urbanization is not the point. We need medium density. Bikeable. There should be more housing choices than an apartment in a giant building by a highway OR a single family home with a big yard out in the suburbs. With relaxed zoning, small developers could start building smaller multifamily homes that regular people can afford to buy so they don't have to choose betwen renting one of those apartments or being "house poor". We used to have that medium density housing; it's what lends many older neighborhoods their charm. Make it legal to build again! And with a medium density, less car-centric neighborhood, people can reasonably walk or bike to work, the grocery store, etc., meaning a car is optional and it's easy to get exercise. Right now we drive everywhere, spend loads of money on cars and roads, and wonder why we are so fat! It is not cheap, healthy, or sustainable to base our communities on the idea that everyone must buy a 3-5 bedroom house on a quarter acre in the suburbs and commute 30 minutes in a Jeep. People are not leaving California because it's too dense, they're leaving because it stopped building homes.