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Why does multi-family housing automatically mean the town will turn into a dump?

Can you imagine no middle ground between the richest zip code in the most prosperous country on Earth, and a dump?

It’s about status and not being associated or bothered by commoners. Anything less is a ‘dump’.

guy's just a commoner with some extra cash, if he thinks anything else he's a fool

There are also valid, less severe downsides to multi-family; including blocked views, traffic, increased school pressures, lower average taxes, etc.

It'd be more taxes, because Prop 13 means the existing single family homeowners aren't paying nothin'. More people means more sales tax.