> it's not a bad idea to prevent apartments from being built such that they overlook a single-family dwelling's back-yard It's totally a bad idea to say that

> it's not a bad idea to prevent apartments from being built such that they overlook a single-family dwelling's back-yard It's totally a bad idea to say that once someone has built a dwelling on a plot of land, they have forever banned increased density near them. This is more severe when we're in our current situation, where we punish high-value uses of land and subsidize low-value uses of land, like single-family homes and parking lots. Obviously the core observation -- that there are harmful ways to mix intensity -- is certainly true. The thing Berkeley, Sacramento, Oregon, etc. are doing are not to allow apartment complexes built in R1 zone, but ADUs, duplexes, and other low-intensity suburban housing. ----- The history of American suburbanism is a story of race. There are other players (cars, telephones, pollution), but race was a major pillar, and is why you didn't see US-style suburbs pop up in other countries without similar race relations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight Race-restrictive covenants are still on the books for many older HOAs (obviously illegal/unenforceable) -- this isn't a conspiracy theory, these covenants were in black and white https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/3-Attention-white-home-buyers-600x1024.png https://www.dcpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/3-...