(note there are two distinct claims YIMBYs sometimes make about local government. one is that it is unrepresentative *locally*, bc old white people turn up disproportionately or whatever. the other is that it defies a broader preference that should include nonlocal voices.) 1/

(to the degree the 1st is true, it’s at least an ethically easy problem. local government should be reformed to be more inclusive, its choices more genuinely representative.) 2/

(to the degree the 2nd is true, it’s more ethically fraught, a conflict between democratic action of the broader polity and minority rights.) /fin