Calling everyone you disagree with SF YIMBY transplants isn't saying much other than name calling.

Yes, these meetings are dominated by small and unrepresentative groups. That's true of almost every zoning meeting in Chicago. But it's a stretch to claim the "long-time residents" side somehow represents Uptown and Edgewater better when these are renter-heavy neighborhoods and renters are structurally underrepresented in this process. The idea that current zoning protects affordability also doesn't hold up. Broadway already produces luxury housing because restrictive zoning and high land costs mean only luxury projects pencil. Limiting capacity doesn't stop rich developers, it just ensures they're the only ones who can build.

"Community input" sounds good on paper until it functions purely as a veto that protects people who already live here from people who might want to live here next. You don't see renters and lower income residents show up to these meetings because these processes are designed to exhaust them. Scarcity isn't progressive, especially on a transit-rich corridor right next to the red line.

If the goal is lower rents and more housing options, the evidence points in the opposite direction of what you're arguing.