[stcredzero]

unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others

Taking care of the next generation is an enlightened form of selfishness.

I am saying that even ‘caring for the next generation’ has to be sensible and rational.

I agree.

How is overcrowded schools ‘caring for the next generation?”

I'm for school choice.

High density housing does NOTHING except generate taxes for the government that spends most of it for the care and feeding of employees and to cover unfunded pension liabilities.

[citation needed]

In New York, it seems to have created a vibrant and diverse society. (While housing price pressure seems to be undoing that there as well.)

For what it’s worth, CA will not allow container mother in law units in the backyards.

Didn't Fresno pass favorable legislation?

This..THIS..is the reality of California.

Shortsighted self interest? No disagreement.

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Fresno is not the Bay Area. I am all for building high density homes in Fresno. Not so much in Bay Area because we are full capacity.

California is more enlightened and egalitarian than most other states in the country. If making rational choices is ‘shortsighted self interest’, I can see how I am comfortable live that.

[stcredzero]

California is more enlightened and egalitarian than most other states in the country.

That's the narrative California tells itself. The reality is a bit more nuanced than that. The visible income inequality in the Bay Area puts me in mind of France before the revolution. (Another wine growing world power with world renowned culture and upper classes concerned with fripperies in the midst of incredible squalor.)