oh christ, california law is more logical than liberal. yeah woohoo everyone bash on california, but i actually enjoy not having to choke on exhaust smoke all day. i mean really think about it, do you like breathing in smog? ..should you breath in smog? these are things one must consider in congested areas.
They're only so damn congested because of the corrupt local governments pandering to NIMBY lobbies
Most cities have strict lowrise regulation and zoning crap, some fervently block any construction whatsoever
Wouldn't be an issue if they actually let people built UP instead of further afield.... and land value or whatever had negligible effect on high rise housing.
I did some math for a college class project a few years back, high rise apartments can be sold at a PROFIT for <$100k, easy.
You think people LIKE driving 50+ miles to work? Haha... not at all. it's cause even hellholes like COMPTON have house prices of $500+k
So anybody who isn't a multimillionaire or stacked multiple roommates deep in some slum is forced to commute from other counties to big city jobs
ALL of the legendary traffic problems of greater Los Angeles can be fixed by a couple hundred high rise buildings, occupying a dozen or two city blocks at most.
Millions of people wasting billions of manhours and billions of gallons of fuel just because a HANDFUL of rich people think A FEW BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS will ruin their damn skyline.
Just gotta purge local government to get that built first...
