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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Society is waking up to the idea that there is something fundamentally unfair and unjust about wealthy people (usually white) living in McMansions on1.5 acre lots.[/quote]

Nothing at all unfair or unjust about this. Some people don't want to live packed like sardines. Why should you get to tell me how I should live? And this option is open to all those that can afford it, including plenty of people of color who live this way now and enjoy their single family homes and the space that comes with them.

Maybe I would love to have a beach front property in Hawaii. You know what - can't afford it. I don't expect the government to change the laws so that I can.[/quote]

Not under government control:

-Whether a property fronts on a beach
-Whether a property is in Hawaii

Under government control:

-Zoning laws[/quote]

Yes, I don't expect the government to change the Zoning laws so that more people can afford to live on the beach in Hawaii. Especially if there are already existing home there.[/quote]

Right, whereas it is entirely reasonable to expect the government to change the zoning laws so that more people can live in close-in areas - especially given that it's that's fiscally prudent, good for the environment, desired by many people, and advances property rights.[/quote]

And it would be one thing to work from the inside out, but it is an entirely different thing to say that every neighborhood must allow multifamily housing of some sort. Especially if housing is already developed.

I find that urban dwellers are becoming increasingly authoritarian in their views and really wish to impose their world on others.[/quote]

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