A lot of the critiques of “smart growth” from the right seem to ignore that zoning and freeway building are themselves expansions of the government. Not saying that smart growth advocates are libertarians but left to it’s own devices the free market will produce relatively dense mixed use cities. Japan has much less restrictive zoning laws and Tokyo is the result.
No sh*t.
EVERY left wing/liberal cause is part of the “progressive” path to communism.