I can identify with this essay. And, I've always wondered why people don't want to build, why people are so hell bent on preventing others from building. I me

I can identify with this essay. And, I've always wondered why people don't want to build, why people are so hell bent on preventing others from building. I mean, what on earth is the problem with letting others build? build more housing, build more transportation? Even when a start up wants to do something as simple as put more buses on the road, it quickly gets shut down by regulation (at least in the bay area)