[rcme]

Do people prefer to dump sewage in creeks? The GP said people live as close to their ideal as they can within their means. Generally, people with the means to afford sewers or septic tanks choose to use them.

[stouset]

Generally, we've enacted laws that prohibit people from dumping their waste into the surrounding area.

GP is suggesting that we start to perceive extremely damaging low-utilization, ponzi-style suburban development in a similar manner.

[rcme]

Aren’t laws passed democratically, or are we being subjugated by a sewer-preferential minority?

The point is that the premise of the counter-example is flawed. People do prefer to have their waste carried away cleanly when they can afford it.