And it sure seems to need a lot more care and feeding than it used to. Getting pretty expensive, too. It's part of life. Life would not be the same without it. Without growth we would surely stagnate and die.
Growth is inevitable.
Well, people are daring and asking. Witness the recent ballot measures in Pleasanton, San Ramon, Livermore and Half Moon Bay. True, only one of them passed, and they might not have really offered the best or wisest solution, but the handwriting is on the wall. People are mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore. This doesn't mean no-growth is necessarily the solution.