Not surprisingly, the cost of housing is 2-3 times as much in the socialist states like California and New York as it is in most of the rest of the country. Not only that but having lived in NYC in the past I can tell you an apartment there is not remotely comparable to one in Charlotte. Where I live now, there is a pool, clubhouse, weight room, carwash, fenced in dogpark and lots of open green space around the apt. In NYC all you got was space in some tower several stories up and that was it. And of course the cost in Charlotte is about half of the cost in NYC. San Francisco is 3X the cost and like NYC you would get no amenities with the apartment - yet another reason I will not consider moving to some of those places even though headhunters approach me about taking jobs there all the time.
CLOG TAX
Tax all high rise apartments 2x 3rd, 3x 4th, 4x 5th on up.
High rise clogs highways.
Highway High rise Tax.
Use remaining upper floors for storage or business.
Highways are Commons, while tall buildings are abusers.
Exemptions made for job producers.