I live near a city in the Midwest US which has well-defined borders due to being enclosed by major interstate highways and other townships. There is no room for

I live near a city in the Midwest US which has well-defined borders due to being enclosed by major interstate highways and other townships. There is no room for the city to "spread out." The only way to add more housing is to knock down old buildings and 2-story houses homes to make way for multi-unit apartments and condos. The city is overwhelmingly liberal across all age groups yet the population is pretty evenly divided into those who want more housing/development and those who believe the city is losing its character and charm with such rapid change. I've only been here a short while and many parts of the city look radically different now than they did a decade ago.