Thats such a wild assumption. Your saying the government always folows the will of the public? Theres nothing people want that governments are giving them?

unless the city governance is in the pocket of the wealthiest members of the city's population, and those members don't want the goods. I witnessed this first hand in Los Angeles when I lived there.

Huh? Are cities near you known for quick and easy-to-navigate bureaucratic processes?

Crosswalks are popular. The issue is more complicated than you think.

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