[Alberta's Child]

The heart of the issue here is that most long-time suburban residents of New Jersey simply don't want their towns to be over-developed and turned into crowded, unsightly dumps. The taxpayer costs associated with new development is the single biggest factor in all of the opposition you see to these development proposals before planning and zoning boards.

It's really that simple. The "Orthodox Jewish" element to it is a secondary issue, to the extent that it plays a role at all.

[Trump.Deplorable]

The problem is these zoning boards make building to meet demands impossible so the state comes in, buys land and develops “affordable housing units” at 250K per unit that costs the tax payer even more if the land was just sold at market and built at market.

Our taxes are high because of two factors “affordable housing” and school funding. Remove those two factors and our property taxes would be normal like everywhere else.

Quality of life is NOT guaranteed by the Constitution but property rights are. A builder wanting to develop, cause that is what builders do, has their rights taken away by these boards who want to give rights to their properties to others because their developments will “decrease quality of life”.