So, even though you "agree it is fine to prefer either solution," you are willing to use literal, blunt force against your own neighbors to prevent them from using the solution that they prefer? That's neither self-consistent nor very neighborly.
The issue is their economic power might erase a bit of the charm of Paris and lower my quality of life.
That's why the political power counterbalances this.
Humans are not very good for long term thinking. Often, people needs immediate consequences of their action to judge them.