I live in a suburb of a quarter million directly north of Dallas. They are building up some decently dense mixed-use areas along the 4 major highways that bound

I live in a suburb of a quarter million directly north of Dallas. They are building up some decently dense mixed-use areas along the 4 major highways that bound the city. Mostly on the north-west side (Legacy West) so far, but they are trying to revitalize the strip along the highway to the east as well, including an old mall over there. We just had elections, and several candidates, including for mayor, campaigned very hard on the platform "my opponent is in bed with developers and wants to turn our sleepy suburban town into a dense urban hell hole!" Surprisingly to me, those candidates lost.