I was born and grew up in single-family detached homes in California, and when I had the means I moved to a dense, walkable, bikable home in the Netherlands bec

I was born and grew up in single-family detached homes in California, and when I had the means I moved to a dense, walkable, bikable home in the Netherlands because I remember how isolating it was to be a kid in suburbia, and wanted different for my own kids. But aside from my own anecdatum, it is truly bizarre you for you claim this as "irrefutable, unquestionable" when homes in dense places are very expensive, which can only be the case if lots of people want to live there. Though I do agree with you on the dark skies, and wish cities cared about light pollution. It's the one thing I miss about living on 3 acres in the Irish countryside, which was a time in my life marked primarily by profound loneliness.