While the well-intentioned environmentalists who drafted Proposition 202 no doubt have a clear vision of what they wish urban Arizona to become, their understanding of what Arizona's communities are now is suspect. They see a cherished desert wilderness bladed into an urban landscape that is aesthetically lacking in many areas, to say the least. In many respects, they are correct.
Urban growth comes at some real costs.
It is opportunity sparked by a bit more land than they could afford in other communities. By a bit more house. And by a bit of anticipation for a better future for their families, an expectation that while their new community may not be perfect, its future seems economically bright. And that their circumstance is far better than what they left behind. Such is the pact that tens of thousands of Arizonans have accepted.