At least with the present immigration laws there’s a limit of how many people could move to a city. The bay area has a population density of 335/km2 while Manila has one of 20,785/km2. If you increase the density of the bay area to that of Manila you could house every US citizen in it.
If you grant that some people actually want to live in other cities like Boston, there’s enough city space for people to live in even without having to go to the density of a place like Manila.
You just have to be serious about cities needing much more density and you can fit everybody in them.
At least with the present immigration laws there’s a limit of how many people could move to a city. The bay area has a population density of 335/km2 while Manila has one of 20,785/km2. If you increase the density of the bay area to that of Manila you could house every US citizen in it.
If you grant that some people actually want to live in other cities like Boston, there’s enough city space for people to live in even without having to go to the density of a place like Manila.
You just have to be serious about cities needing much more density and you can fit everybody in them.
Something got garbled with “The bay area has a population density of while Manila has one of 20,785/km2 while the Bay area has one of 335/km2.”
Fixed it.