My once-Shangrila suburb is now ruined with excess traffic. "Progress" has, of course, in contrast to the promise of *lower* taxes, resulted in more traffic, nowhere to park, crowded stores, and much higher taxes. There's all sorts of new businesses going up, and new housing, but it sure as heck doesn't benefit most of the already existing folks, whose quality of life keeps dropping. Everyone knows it, too, but it just keeps happening all over.
I'm not sure there is any better alternative, but the mantra seems to be "Oh look, there's a really great place to live, let's all go move there and ruin it! Yay!!!!! "