One man’s castle is another man’s prison.
Next time you go to a “park” take a picture at the “rules”.
If it comes down to a choice between tying up land in parks with highly restrictive rules, or with high density housing with HUD’s strings attached being built in formerly-single residence zoned neighborhoods ...
Well, not much of a choice, is it?
AND the parks option would have support from both the environmental crowd and Liberal NIMBYers.