a lot of times it's not even a vote — abutters and nearby busybodies will complain until they get a project shot down... people who want to live there but can't

a lot of times it's not even a vote — abutters and nearby busybodies will complain until they get a project shot down... people who want to live there but can't afford to have no voice zoning should be flexible and applied equally within a region (rules as determined by the voting population) but in expensive cities this is not the situation