Comment by kccqzy

At one end of the extreme unlimitedly cheap housing leads to slums, ghettos, and crime. Such housing is not worth building because it costs the city more in reputation and police force. Take a look at Kowloon walled city for an example of cheap construction without regulations.

So there has to be a line. Different people just draw the line differently. For me the issue on shadows is that these fancy buildings make the streets next to them dark and ghetto-like.