A Sugar House skyscraper? Why are so many Utahns against urban development?

The Wasatch Front is bounded by mountains and the GSL so inevitably we will have to build vertically. Why is every single proposal to build vertically met with so much criticism?

I've travelled the world and all the great cities have incredible urban centers with vertical living. But in our country we create these soul crushing urban sprawl communities with these shitty cookie cutter homes that destroy the human spirit.

This only makes single family homes skyrocket in price. Our country is WAY behind on building homes and the ones we do build are becoming increasingly out of reach for Millennials, let alone Gen Z.

I for one would love to see Sugar House develop a vertical urban core. Same with The Point. It uses way less resources such as water that everyone freaks out about and creates a much better standard of living for everyone.

A state where everyone has 4 kids is going to need more homes for people to live.

Thoughts?