“However, restrictive zoning has the same effect since the folks from the Trenton hood could not afford to live there.”
So any zoning designed to foster a less congested housing area is inherently racist?
Restrictive zoning has the effect of being racist—if you look at the demographic numbers of the rural Northeast, they speak for themselves.
Folks who virtue signal while engaging in restrictive zoning are total hypocrites.
“...less congested housing...”
is more renewable.