text: Eugene being Eugene. 
  
  Eugene isn't an old logging town anymore. It is mentioned it in another comments and it's spot on; Somebody once objected to the houses on the hill the "current objectors" are living in today, but they were built anyway. Growth is growth. This is a small chunk of land in an area where it is only beneficial to a few, rather than expanding into farmland or forests that benefit MANY.  35 homes on 11 acres is roughly a 1/3 acre per lot. That is massive by today's comparisons. Complaining about value is like complaining because your neighbor replaced his 2014 Prius with a 2017, lowering the resale on your 2012. I don't have time for 10 more paragraphs discussing why most of the opposition here is ridiculous, but I'll cut right to the Eugenians heart: Urban sprawl is terribly inefficient. Expanding urban boundaries creates the use of more cars, more fuel, more infrastructure, more needed unsightly conveniences like stores/restaurants, i.e. more development & pollution.