Government and Developers
Over at Boots and Sabers, Owen's done his homework to spell out the beginnings of a land grab wherein shady government officials working with developers and with local neighborhood associations will eventually run the middle class owners out of their neighborhood:
A Den of Thieves
The worst part of the whole story is the sense I get that it's not a vast conspiracy of long-range plans to incrementally drive the homeowners out, but rather that the government officials have
nothing else to do but try a variety of approaches to meet their goals of stripping citizens' property rights. Patience and not having to
live a freaking life while fighting city hall and its developer overlords tip the balance of power from the citizens to those who live only to rule them.