There are only like a handful of good reasons for high-density living 1. Energy efficiency 2. Social/dating life for young singles 3. Tribal life for sports/music fans 4. Superlinear economic/cultural effects (Geoffrey West) 5. Economies of scale for provisioning shared services
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Left hates this because it is unseemly ostentation that goes against humble, collectivist values of sharing in scarcity. Right hates it because only the divine king should live in such ostentation, and it's basically middle class++
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Not talking high-end mansions like Downton Abbey. Just mansion-ey enough that you don't have to deal with or even see neighbors, and can set up your own local reality distortion field that others must respect if they get past the guard dogs.
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