SMART GROWTH and your PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS

"Smart Growth" is an urban planning movement that
encourages 

high-density development in urban areas near transportation hubs in the hopes that suburban sprawl will be discouraged and folks will use their cars less.

 This is accomplished by "relaxing" zoning laws,
environmental impact reviews and other pesky regulations that might impede growth. People living in the areas targeted for new high-rise, high-density developments are often labeled "Nimbys" (not in my
backyard) for demanding community control over planning. Most residents who find massive developments circling their homes oppose the loss of quality of life in their neighborhoods and feel powerless in the path of this run-away train known as "smart growth."