> the limiting factor for new construction is land and materials, not red tape. I strongly disagree. Land and materials aren't creating 3 story height restrict

> the limiting factor for new construction is land and materials, not red tape. I strongly disagree. Land and materials aren't creating 3 story height restrictions close to mass transit. > the best response for the people who keep asserting that "building up" is the magical solution is to point to Manhattan: it's the densest city in America, yet it's just as expensive as San Francisco, if not more so. If Manhattan had tried to stop new construction at all costs or limit the height of new building for the past 30 or 40 years, do you think prices there now would be lower, higher or about the same as they are now?