Apart from the points made by sibling posters, markets reveal preferences. The eye-watering price of urban land suggests that many, many more people would prefe

Apart from the points made by sibling posters, markets reveal preferences. The eye-watering price of urban land suggests that many, many more people would prefer to live in cities than currently do. (Full disclosure: I am one of them. Reluctantly living in a suburb because kids; will move back to the City as soon as they get their thumb out and build enough housing to make it more affordable.)