Agree completely. Density can be wonderful (see paris) or miserable (see kowloon walled city)
Like anything else, it just has to be done well.
Like anything else, it just has to be done well.
Not to mention London and Paris have a very good public transport system
In the Bay Area you have Caltrain and company shuttles mostly.
But yes, the SF<->SV corridor is Caltrain and company shuttles mostly.
Nor will you have people in San Francisco saying they don't want to become the next Paris.
In a lot of people's mind there's only one way to have a high population density. And they're just incorrect.