The (elected) Indian city council member of my Bay Area City took others to Bangalore for a show and tell using tax dollars. This trip was later used to defend

The (elected) Indian city council member of my Bay Area City took others to Bangalore for a show and tell using tax dollars. This trip was later used to defend the high density housing plans. And then there was another trip to Shanghai. (None to Singapore interestingly where high density actually works because the govt is efficient and provides state housing to more than 70% of pop). It was appalling for all immigrants who did come from their over populated high density failed urban centers. In the end, more housing. But our PD has been slashed(more crime now), road diet(more cycle lanes but traffic jams), over crowded schools, higher water and power bills(14hour power disruption yesterday in adjacent neighborhood… Looks like there is a toxic exchange of energy between two corrupt govts that are learning from each other after burping all the tax dollars from the burgeoning tech sector. They have effectively made the tech sector as the villain so the people can fight amongst each other while they can march towards their higher political goals. Many city officials have gone on to state senate. The elected official who organized the Bangalore trip was picked up by one of the FAANG’s billion dollar affordable housing initiatives after their term was over. Hmmm…this feels familiar. Where have I seen this before I moved to the Bay Area?