Physical and mental health is better out of the city than in it.

And cultural health is purely subjective: what on earth makes you think that what you consider good for culture is the same as what everyone else considers good culture.

This is what I meant by attempting to enforce your moral mores on everyone else.

> Concentrating people in medium-to-high density housing makes it easier to achieve our decarbonization goals

Well that's not the problem being discussed here, is it?

We're talking about how to make certain centers more affordable wrt housing.

Removing need is a good first step, as that lets people who want to live elsewhere, live elsewhere.