> Tokyo before 1995. Great, and then the history stopped at 1995? > It's the areas with the least available housing that get the most jobs, so the answer is "

> Tokyo before 1995. Great, and then the history stopped at 1995? > It's the areas with the least available housing that get the most jobs, so the answer is "anything but housing". The answer is: force jobs out of dense hellscapes (SF, NYC). Via taxes and incentives. > Ignoring China is a total cop out, because it's pretty much the only location in the world that currently has a significant housing surplus. I don't have data for China. So I can't tell if it's true or not. It's also not a country with a full market economy and free movement of people.