&gt;Is is possible that some just don&#x27;t like living in tight urban quarters? I&#x27;m not exactly sure why the race card must be played.<p>Sure is. I&#x27;m totally OK with people living this lifestyle.<p>What I don&#x27;t appreciate is when these people take over land use policies in all of America and make this lifestyle <i>required</i>, outside of handful of pockets that had the fortune to be born before this lifestyle existed. I don&#x27;t like that these policies have tremendous effects on house prices, the cost of transportation, and economic growth nationwide (to the point that economists from various viewpoints oppose them).<p>I would likewise be opposed to policies that legally mandated all people live in environments that look like Manhattan. Not everyone enjoys that lifestyle, and it would have massive ramifications on all aspects of society.<p>What I support is a relaxing of zoning and land use policies so that they become about the efficient movement of people and goods and public safety, which is how they started out.<p>I do not support land use policies that are meant to force me to live a certain way. Let the me decide how I want to live. Don&#x27;t tell me what I like or should like.