[TruthAndDare]

> If there's no market for them, they won't get built.

That's something else, isn't it? The people who already live there might not want 50-story buildings, even if there are other people who would move into them if they were built.

[davidw]

That's the crux of the matter, isn't it? How much right should I have to control what other people do because it might bother me? I think that currently, we err way too much on the side of letting people block things, here in the US.

[TruthAndDare]

> How much right should I have to control what other people do because it might bother me?

That's a valid question for every law or other governmental decision. But we can think of an idealized case, where an entire town, or state, or country, agree that they don't want 50-story buildings, even if there exists outsiders who would like to move into such buildings. In this case, we need only recognize the right of the local people to decide what happens in their area, even if it is against the will of people from elsewhere.

[ambrice]

Couldn't agree more. In the same vein, I think HOAs should be illegal.