Looking at OKC on Google Maps, it's got a very dense core with a few large highrises, and then right next to that single storey buildings and car parks, and then literally three blocks away from the city centre in the Sosa district are totally empty lots.<p>What's the cause of this? The houses next to them look like they're in good condition, with new cars out the front - it doesn't look like something out of The Wire. Surely the land price isn't being artificially depressed by high crime. On Zillow the land itself looks like $300k, with $900k-$1.2m houses next to it.<p>Wouldn't it be more economically viable to build 3-4 storey buildings on these empty lots (or even just single family houses - there would have to be a premium on being closer to work) first, before building a giant skyscraper?