You got it wrong. In us, because of zoning and parking mins density got wrecked and housing supply small and prices increased a lot and many ppl moved to suburb

You got it wrong. In us, because of zoning and parking mins density got wrecked and housing supply small and prices increased a lot and many ppl moved to suburbs. In us ppl had no choice because the law was designed in this way. Make no mistake, a lot of ppl want to live closer to the city if the housing supply/zoning would allow it and if prices will drop due to higher supply, basic market rules In (most of) EU on the other hand zoning is much more relaxed and you can live either in a big dense city or a village, it's up to you Also, safety is usually conditioned by public/social monitoring which happens in well developed areas (neighbors watching, ppl hanging out and as result ppl tend to commit less crimes since they are watched). If it doesn't exist, that area is designed poorly.