>> Bull. There's still plenty of vacant land there; the only reason
>> housing is expensive is that the eco-nut movement "protects" most of
>> it in order to MAKE it expensive.

> No, they preserve the land so that there will be nature there in the
> future, like a national forest is preserved to keep the forest.

If there were ever a shortage of scenic, natural terrain, then the price
of land kept that way would rise enough that it would pay to maintain it
and charge admission to the hikers, campers, and hunters.

The fact that it hasn't happened yet through the free market shows that
there is no such shortage, nor any prospect of one. Way too much land
is unbuilt and going to waste now. Anyone who tells you different is
lying.