> people know how to solve the problem, but to many voters it is directly against their personal interest. The thing is voting to preserve the feel of their ne

> people know how to solve the problem, but to many voters it is directly against their personal interest. The thing is voting to preserve the feel of their neighborhood is in their personal interest too. They like the area they live in and simultaneously want to see some of the problems solved. The issue is these are in conflict because pretty much everyone else is also making the same decisions so everyone fights to protect 'their' piece of SF hoping they're not the ones who will have to change and move (because they can't afford to in a lot of cases) to densify SF.