... (2) people want to have big houses with big yards.

If people want big houses with big yard enough to pay the premium for them over stacked townhouses ... then why would it be necessary to mandate?

Its only necessary to force the development of big houses with big yards if there is the threat that there are some people who would prefer a different trade-off of money versus space.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.