[Wuli]

yes “heavily controlled growth”,

which like “rent control” in some liberal cities, and other forms of growth limitation,

is simply a form of “we were here first and want to keep things as they are”

[nufsed]

It is indeed and its why Camarillo, Ventura and few of the smaller cities in that county are very desirable places to live.

Maybe they'll elect officials who can turn it into the Inland Empire and not be so snooty.

[Wuli]

“is simply a form of “we were here first and want to keep things as they are”

I am not disagreeing with you, but maybe you missed my point.

The actions of cities like Ventura do not oppose or prevent “sprawl”, they actually help create it, in “normal growth” times, by demanding that growth simply go somewhere else; bunching growth up in “undisturbed” places, instead of a little here and a little there in existing places. The NIMBY excuse is not a real solution to anything.