Sure, we do let people do that. The thing that's objectionable is when a suburban neighborhood is rezoned by people who live hundreds of miles away, and developers get the green light to build towers there. Why do people who don't live in a place think they're entitled to change the zoning of that place?

What's to stop them from saying that it should now be zoned for industrial, and a chemical treatment plant can open up next door to a school? It's the same line of thinking.

> Why do people who don't live in a place think they're entitled to change the zoning of that place?

Why do people who don't own the land think they're entitled to tell the actual owners what they can build?

> It's the same line of thinking.

It is not. This is a made up slippery slope.