Personally I feel we need more of this. Turns out that unchecked growth isn't all its cracked up to be.
Yes. Agreed. I liked the civic engagement. With the Target thing though, opponents were just a bit hypocritical. Davis residents were already going to a Target: they were driving to Woodland or Vacaville for their serious shopping.
That assumes there even is unchecked growth, and that’s very much not true. I think you missed the point of the game.
What cities have unchecked growth in the last fifty years?