[gpvos]

But what is the relation between being independent-minded and prohibiting others in your neighbourhood from building more densely?

[xeromal]

I don't want people around me. Density is the opposite of that.

[gpvos]

I tend to interpret independent as "I don't want other people to determine what I have to do", but yeah, "I don't want other people to intrude on me at all" is another possibility.