[RobertRoberts]

I guess this situation can be easily misunderstood, we are talking small rural area here. With very cheap housing already.

The town near us already had this kind of housing built and it was all empty because they couldn't sell the houses because they were built too poorly. Plenty of older homes available.

This is _not_ San Francisco.

Edit: >Seems like a cause worth fighting for.

Only where it makes sense, if there is 100 square miles of open space around you, forcing the living space inside a small town isn't the same as using the left over space in a big city wisely.

[closeparen]

Why shouldn't a small town be compact and walkable?

[RobertRoberts]

I think you may not have ever lived in a small town. The town I grew up in is 3 times the size of my current town, and I walked all over it by 4th grade. Another town we visit frequently is almost 6 times the size of my current town, and is very easy to walk all over.