[rflrob]

> I think it's fine for people to desire quieter neighborhoods in this era of high population density. I don't think that the people in all of those examples were pursuing change for the financial gain.

It's fine for people to desire see things (either quiet ,increased property values, or both), but the point of the article as I see it is that they don't necessarily deserve to have them when it comes at the expense of even a mild cost to lots of people.

[gammarator]

"they don't necessarily deserve to have them when it comes at the expense of even a mild cost to lots of people."

That argument has been used to justify demolishing inner-city neighborhoods to make way for overhead freeways benefiting suburban commuters.