[jknz]

Let's trust people to choose for themselves. Currently, people would like to live in cities, but they are denied that because of zoning laws.

Your second sentence is anecdotal. My observations is that a lot of people in their 40s move out of the city because it's too expensive to buy enough rooms for a family with current zoning laws. If rents were affordable they would be happy to raise their kids in the city.

I don't see how telling people to go live elsewhere, ignoring their current wishes, because they haven't understood yet what quality of life truly is, is anything but condescending.