[FireBeyond]

> I live in a town where all the officials express politically popular laments about the affordability of housing, but every time a developer wants to build apartments or tear down some old run-down post-war cookie-cutter houses for modern duplexs or tri-levels these same officials run them through a gauntlet of demands and then often as not end up denying the permits.

Hah, in my town, the developers and officials are all best friends, posts all over Facebook, going to each other's kids soccer and football games, going on vacation together, going out fishing together...

[vipshek]

Which state is your town located in, out of curiosity? I'm trying to build a mental rolodex of which states have towns that are development-friendly.

[FireBeyond]

Washington. But it also I think depends on which developer you are - seems like two developers here have 90%+ of the new developments.