I was hovering my fingers over the keyboard, ready to start writing this piece, when my phone rang. It was an old friend – someone I have known since high school. He’s also liberal and pretty well-off. He lives in a beach community, and he wanted some advice. It seems his city is about to green-light a high-density development in his neighborhood, and he’s not happy about it, as in “not in my neighborhood” kind of mad.Read More