I think this is more of an issue when rezoning already dense areas like San Francisco. In SF, everybody's close to something they don't like. But if this is a

I think this is more of an issue when rezoning already dense areas like San Francisco. In SF, everybody's close to something they don't like. But if this is a critique on low density suburbs, then I don't really buy the argument. These new developments are mostly replacing run down commercial areas that are already well separated from suburbanites and their valuable property. They're mostly near transit and other commercial areas, but when they do come near residential zoning, it's almost always older apartments rather than houses. Even when they do end up on the border of a nice-house-suburb, the sprawl means that relatively few suburbanites live near the border, while relatively many do not, but still enjoy convenient access by car.