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> The opponents to transit and living construction tend to be people who complain about "other people" moving in, "my property values", and "neighborhood character".

I have a feeling that "house as a place to live" is fundamentally incompatible with "house as an investment".

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It's not literally about property values.

It's about class, and to a lesser degree race. If there was good public transit, then 'inner city' people who can't afford owning a car could come and go freely. The suburban middle class don't want anything to do with 'those people'.

Exactly! This is why I chose to put "property values" in quotes. While it is something that they think about, it's mostly about excluding people they have prejudices against.

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