People are allowed to make their own local decisions about how they want to live and govern. The notion that either California or the US should override local z

People are allowed to make their own local decisions about how they want to live and govern. The notion that either California or the US should override local zoning laws is authoritarian, and does away with the agency of voters. I think there is a place for dense communities as well as non-dense ones. Different people need and thrive with different environments. Recently the focus on pushing only high-density (usually from the new wave of 'urbanist' blogs) looks to demonize anything that isn't high-density urban, and frankly it feels very us versus them.