[MrB]

Let’s see...

Someone passes laws/zoning that restricts height of housing complexes, mandates “green space”, puts caps on rent (which decreases availability),

then bitches when people move further out (”sprawl”).

Yep, Liberals.

[Publius6961]

Someone passes laws/zoning that restricts height of housing complexes, mandates “green space”, puts caps on rent (which decreases availability),

then bitches when people move further out (”sprawl”).

Yep, Liberals.

You left off the corollaries...
Sustainable development.
Urban planning in the suburbs.
"Green space".
The EQA.

"Swamps" as the salvation of the earth.
Bugs and vermin vs people.

Ad infinitum.

[Red Boots]

Let’s see... Someone passes laws/zoning that restricts height of housing complexes, mandates “green space”, puts caps on rent (which decreases availability), then bitches when people move further out (”sprawl”). Yep, Liberals.

ANother factor is environmental laws themselves. The liability that comes along with buying previously used property ( especially that which has been used commerically or industrially) in urban areas requires expensive testing and clean up.

Not that it's so polluted, but the laws are so strict, that even one property owner whose poured something "hydrocarbon" down the drain into a septic tank can throw up a red flag.

SO developers naturally want clean farm land or pasture, located out in the far suburbs.