I think the battle zone for urban life in America. And here it is where we have lots of interesting issues around this because of the high costs of living in Tel Aviv which is play so many young Israelis want to settle in. I'm not saying that there's not cost to sprawl especially you know habitat destruction and some of the others that you need to concern about. But a lot of Americans are unhappy with suburbia and they refuse to admit that might just be environmentally sound as opposed to how we can cram more people into 10 apartment buildings.
Economic historian Judge Glock talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about zoning and the housing market. Glock argues the impact on zoning on housing affordability is small and that we should learn to love property taxes as long as they're administered properly. The conversation includes a discussion of the environmental impact of urban sprawl--Glock argues sprawl has certain environmental benefits.