If you want kids to grow up in high rise city then you have it your way. Me, I hate the idea of it. We have lots of land, all over the state. We have water, airports and services. Let us develop low-rise housing where kids and old people can walk around. Imagine your kids in the middle of Kakaako when it has become boomtown, do you want your kid wandering around Waikiki these days? Well Kakaako is going that direction. Check out the life style of the people living in the Lower Makiki/Pawaa area/Walmart. High density, high traffic, no parks, no bathrooms, no place for kids to play. And look at the old people who are living in those high rises, no place to walk safely. These developers are myopic. It is pretty obvious that their values are not ours. Is not cheaper to go "up" than to spread out as they would have us believe. DHHL has been able to build single family homes with infrastructure for $200k, add the price of land, and you are still less than most condos. You are not trying!