[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

The difference is, we voted to elect the city officials to make decisions in our best interest, and if they fail, we can elect different officials. Here we have the benevolent dictator, ie, the Developer who claims to know what's best for the old folks, and if decisions are made which benefit the family, but not the residents so much, we have little recourse.

Very true but if the developer does things that hurt the residents the resulting word of mouth will not help him sell more homes