11,000 sf house being built across the street from my house but added density a half mile from light rail is a bridge too far? Got it

If you say you want to age in place you are implicitly signing your children/caregivers up to take a half day off for every medical appointment - and there are lots of them!

I can't stand that roof

Yes. Keep repeating this. Jurisdictions not allowing any type of housing between single family detached and developer-preferred 5-1s is a failure of local leadership. aPodments were "dehumanizing" and "hurt neighborhoods" per activists and city council, killing an entry level housing option.