(Potentially) Hot take: rowhomes should count towards low density demand not medium demand
Currently rowhomes count as middle density which feels odd as they are traditionally easily mass produceable sfh constructions, sometimes being large enough to be apartments other times not.
They often are used as quick ways to expand cities without expanding out as much as later 20th century suburban development, maximizing lot size space.
How the game currently has it makes it disincentiveses row homes by making the main medium density compete with demand.
Row homes are the backbone of traditional city design and should be easily accessible and useable from the start and able to absorb low density demand.
(Also mixed use needs to not suck all commercial activity out of itself and the city and needs to be expanded to different densities but that’s it’s own thing)