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Comment by supplied_demand

4 months ago

At the same time, the most densely populated large cities are also among the most expensive.

That's because the community benefits so much from density. People want to live there because the density has created fantastic amenities and jobs, ergo prices go up.

Depends what you count as an expense and where collected taxes flow. Rural living is artificially cheap by being subsidized by its more “expensive” dense living counterpart.