our ever expanding city

THE following is an article in The Age about public housing in Melbourne. It makes me ask- how big do we really want our city to get? The picture underneath it- of Prahran in the future- looks a bit scary to me. Where will all the new residents' cars go, for a start?

'HUNDREDS of homes will be added to three of Melbourne's largest public housing estates - at a time when the waiting list for public housing is nearing 40,000.
The Fitzroy, Prahran and Richmond estates will be developed in partnership with private enterprise.
The federal government is to announce today a $175.3 million contribution to initial funding for the project, which will see an extra 547 public, community and affordable homes built in its first stage. The state government has not announced how much it will contribute.
The waiting list grew by 1013 in the three months to March, from 38,781 to 39,794. At that rate, the new capacity will already have been eaten up. No tenant will move in this year.

(The Age, May 17)