The nearer High Frontier (was The ability to build new land)

"hitssquad" wrote:
> Building new living space in free space is essentially the same as
> building new living space on Earth

No it's not. It represents a much different--and in many ways,
lower--lifestyle for its inhabitants, than them living in single-
story buildings. Which is why...surprise...the majority of people
prefer to live in the latter.

There is also the issue the shadows that these buildings put on the
surrounding (real) land near them.