Massachusetts passed a law mandating upzoning in communities well served by public transit:
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/multi-family-zoning-requir...
And town voters in certain communities have instead consistently voted down plans to move into compliance, and instead choose to endlessly sue the state to delay it:
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/03/27/timeline-t...
These voters aren’t hypothetical scapegoats - they’re real.
Massachusetts passed a law mandating upzoning in communities well served by public transit:
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/multi-family-zoning-requir...
And town voters in certain communities have instead consistently voted down plans to move into compliance, and instead choose to endlessly sue the state to delay it:
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/03/27/timeline-t...
These voters aren’t hypothetical scapegoats - they’re real.