Yes, high population densities can be made to work, but check out the correlation between population density and Blueness! A man's 1000 square foot apartment is not his castle.
I made clear I am NOT advocating for people packing. I'm using the reality of the space involved to show HOW empty the planet is... In a space the size of California OR Texas, every single human on Earth could have a 2+ story house to themselves (and families that much larger). Even factoring in services/needs etc, and splitting that into more than one Zone, you could easily fit all of the people in a small fraction of this world. Spreading people is better... But most people have ZERO sense of how much space there is... They think it's all overcrowded and scant resource BECAUSE they were lied to, repeatedly.
Yes, high population densities can be made to work, but check out the correlation between population density and Blueness!
A man's 1000 square foot apartment is not his castle.
I made clear I am NOT advocating for people packing. I'm using the reality of the space involved to show HOW empty the planet is... In a space the size of California OR Texas, every single human on Earth could have a 2+ story house to themselves (and families that much larger). Even factoring in services/needs etc, and splitting that into more than one Zone, you could easily fit all of the people in a small fraction of this world. Spreading people is better... But most people have ZERO sense of how much space there is... They think it's all overcrowded and scant resource BECAUSE they were lied to, repeatedly.