As is the norm now, rich people who oppose any change and care about no form of diversity accept as a token statement on email autosignatures and gesture votes will refuse development that could bring the town tax dollars. Then they will also oppose tax hikes that are necessary, but ultimately more palatable than dealing with physical change. And in the end? The population who can afford to live here dwindles to a narrower and narrower slice. This is exactly what has happened and continues to happen across every democratic metro area across the country.
