Surely they have more rights that people moving to the bay area. If they want to keep things as they are that should be all that counts.
Yes replacing these suburbs with medium or high density housing will temporarily reduce prices and allow more people to move there but why should current residents have to sacrifice their lifestyle?
> If they want to keep things as they are that should be all that counts.
I'm of many minds about both your original statement as well as, to me, the obviously related immigration issues. There's no obvious right answer, to me. Conflict is inevitable!
"Why should I have to recycle? The environment? Pffff."
"Why should we let in immigrants and compromise our lifestyle? Build the wall!"
Also America: "Why do people keep trying to move to where the few good jobs are?? Ugh, stupid entitled millennials!"
Yes raising taxes might let us build some public infrastructure that will be useful for a little while, but why should rich people have to sacrifice their lifestyle?