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most rational local property owners probably support zoning rules because it decreaces supply and thus increases prices, and in a very transparent way protects their property value against a certain sort of risk (eg high density housing appearing next to them.

same principle with most of the other issues, people close to it want a different result from the agregate. except imigration - I think i might disagree that the US needs more immigration unless one just means more quality immigration.

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"Local zoning rules that prevent dense development."

Most replies seem to assume the public ignores this matter. In all suburban towns I have lived in the public is very much aware and vigorously opposed to 'dense' development - often to an irrational extent.

The 'elite' on this issue are a bunch of university people who have few if any children.

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