> neighbourhood character That's actually a really vague, bullshit reason cited by people who want to keep, say, people poorer than them out. To provide a bit

> neighbourhood character That's actually a really vague, bullshit reason cited by people who want to keep, say, people poorer than them out. To provide a bit more substance: if you never build any new housing, and prices go up and up, maybe the physical form of the neighborhood stays the same, but the character of the people who can afford to live there absolutely changes.