I think the place will change either way. Either because renters have been pushed out, or because the population has increased with a ton of new people, requiri

I think the place will change either way. Either because renters have been pushed out, or because the population has increased with a ton of new people, requiring functional changes (the neighborhood market has become a whole foods, etc.), or both. Building more doesn't stop the makeup of a community from changing. If anything it accelerates it.