The same (concerns) can be said of other ways of life though. For example, I live in an area that used to be basically all farmland. Slowly but surely, city peo

The same (concerns) can be said of other ways of life though. For example, I live in an area that used to be basically all farmland. Slowly but surely, city people have moved out and crowded out all the farmers. Those new suburbanites voted/continue to vote to increase taxes for roads, rail, great schools, etc. But from the perspective of the farmer, I can imagine many of them are bitter that they had to sell their multi-generational family farm. Given that and many other similar scenarios (ex. gentrified city neighborhoods), the broader problem is that... - Different groups of people have different interests (some want low taxes, some high. some want single family houses with nice back yards, others mixed use walkable urban utopias) - Groups (mostly ones with more money) can swiftly move to a new area and disrupt the previous political power structure It's definitely possible that the old residents can move to a new place. In fact, I think that this is the only real answer. Anything else comes off as a violation of people's basic rights. You can't really expect to take people's votes away. You can't really prevent people from selling their property to who they want (except in an HOA scenario). Actually, maybe that is a way out. More aggressive HOA communities that make sure residents have a shared vision for their town.