They aren't neccesarily designed that way, it is the reality of democratic local governance that real property owners in a community are naturally going to vote

They aren't neccesarily designed that way, it is the reality of democratic local governance that real property owners in a community are naturally going to vote for measures that maximize the value of their property so that they can sell it once the land has a more profitable use than their own. When everyone votes for their own economic interest it tends to make real property more expensive over time.