It's certainly not the majority of people that want it this way, and poll after poll shows that. The local decisions on zoning are not made democratically, the

It's certainly not the majority of people that want it this way, and poll after poll shows that. The local decisions on zoning are not made democratically, there's layers of representatives, and the representatives that get elected are some of the least reported-on and discussed elections in our society. Land use decisions are made by small numbers of highly motivated people, that already have housing, and benefit financially from a shortage of housing. Just like the grocery stores here. At the state level, regulation of land use is far more similar to poll results, and that regulation is reining in the abuses of local land use policy, forcing local decision makers to allow for more housing.