New development was made illegal in the places people want to live. It's that simple. Now, you may agree with the given reasons for making that development il

New development was made illegal in the places people want to live. It's that simple. Now, you may agree with the given reasons for making that development illegal (and/or very expensive), or you may not, but that is the undeniable end result of those policies. We made that bed, now we lay in it; we could theoretically un-make that bed overnight, but there's serious money (and political power) riding on making sure this problem never goes away.