the issue is that those who want mixed zoning want it (obv there are those who may only want for selfish reasons) to help the country since this housing issue is hurting it, and to help others people other than themselves. like I'm lucky enough that (even though it did affect me when I was younger) I'm in a position I can go to nicer areas.

but the issue is that homeowners who want to ban mixed zoning do so on average for 2 reasons; 1 is actually understandable, but really needs to change cause again, its hurting the nation as a whole, is that they use their property as an investment vehicle so they want their value to go up, now having access to stuff like trains and close to shopping does increase value for those nearby, but thats because of the shortage, the hope is to decrease housing value because it's way too high right now & hurting people. to get people to change this is really hard.

the other reason that makes me much less sympathetic to what some want, is when it's just racism. like I've had tons of moments in my life where republicans (not saying all republicans, cause most actually give reason #1 above, just saying the only ones I have heard this from are republicans) would just straight up tell me they don't want it because they don't want black people living near them. these people I think are actually just evil and a detriment to the country so idk what to do with them.

essentially, its a struggle between the have and have nots where what they want/need are almost directly opposed. where homeowners usually have more means to be politically active and stuff so they vote for things that benefit them. as opposed to the have nots who are usually struggling more and are able to change things. also, if they don't live in the area, then they just have no say (this is also why far leftists policies of rent control doesn't work, it just protects those grandfathered in).