The article seem to ignore a large part of the 20th century were in the post-war period many European countries took the &quot;just build more and higher&quot; approach extending cities with high-density suburbs. At the time forward looking and idealistic planned communities, today neglected and infamous for their social problems.<p>I&#x27;m a &quot;city kid&quot;, I&#x27;ve always have lived and prefer to live in urban areas. I think these suburbs often have a undeserved reputation, but that doesn&#x27;t mean that a simplistic argument of &quot;thing we didn&#x27;t like before turned out good, so maybe doing thing people don&#x27;t like now will be fine&quot; has any bearing. Like anything else you still have to look at the facts, weigh the arguments and if you try your best hopefully come up with a winning compromise.