12/ I feel they might be attributing to malice things that probably are not, at least not for the vast majority of people. I really don’t think all home owners have pushed for stricter and stricter regulations to suppress the building of new homes to maximize profit on their own «property investment».
Yeah, I’m sure some people are like that. But I think most people have better things to worry about. And I think to the extent they do worry about these things it’s because they want to keep their view or have things be quiet or something.
I guess it comes down to the «use vs exchange value» thing from last summer. If the primary purpose of your «property» is as a home, vs as an investment.