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> If your dense housing leads to higher housing costs that's actually great news;

No, it's not. Density leads to quantifiably worse life: longer commutes, smaller living spaces.

> Want big houses and cars? Bring good jobs to smaller cities, that still have little need for density.

Except that this is impossible unless density is regulated.

> But the really high incomes will most likely still come from the very densest places

Right now, the highest incomes come from people living in suburbs (according to the IRS stats).




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