There's no shortage of Atlantic and New Yorker sob stories about how some abutting farmers are taking it in the ass over some new development. This isn't an Am

There's no shortage of Atlantic and New Yorker sob stories about how some abutting farmers are taking it in the ass over some new development. This isn't an America problem. It's a people "wealthy enough to have so few real problems they have spare fucks to give about what their neighbors are building" problem. If the "HN Class" of people (very roughly speaking) would actually give a F about other people's property rights this problem would evaporate overnight. Cities and private developers could buy what they want and develop what they want. But nope, enforcing conformity and having veto power over the next big box store or freight terminal is more important so that means no new anything gets built.