I think this us a fair feeling. One chooses a house based in part on the area as the specifics of the house itself. Wanting the neighborhood to remain unchanged is a reasonable desire.

Unfortunately, as much as you desire it, it's not something you can control. Neighborhoods change all the time. That good school you moved to be close to can decline, people with the wrong politics can move in next door, the convenient mall may close.

Yes, local politics gives you a vote. But of course we all get the same vote, homeowners and wannabe homeowners.

So, I think your want is valid, alas though you have no rights to your neighborhood and so your want is just what you want.

Of course you should stand up for your wants. But wants are not rights. So it's equal to everyone else's wants.

I'm upvoting you because your desire is not invalid. However, and I don't mean this perjorativly, your wants don't legally count for much. Just as much as any other person.

Being a homeowner, you get a title to your lot, not your entire neighborhood. You have no legal claim on your neighbor's home. If you want a legal claim on your neighbor's home, join an HOA. Or just buy it.