the developers work hard to mask the fact that their handiwork inevitably leads to real and significant monetary costs to the community, including additional traffic, roads, drainage, water supplies, and fire and police coverage -- not to mention the intangible losses such as added noise, pollution, crowding, and the fact that the developments seem to be designed to encourage a transient, non-neighborly lifestyle.
Just as a thought exercise, ask yourself who buys the homes the developer builds? Could it possibly be all those "people in the middle?"