^ well one thing (that's pertinent to this website) that we can divorce from population growth is skyscraper construction.
Over the past two decades, stagnant Chicago has built 3x as many skyscrapers as the entire booming state of texas.
Hell, over that same time frame NYC has built more skyscrapers than the entire south!
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"Missing middle" housing can be a great middle ground for many middle class families.
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