I figured it was because it was one of the few places they hadn't had a chance to screw over, but sounds like they are well on their way to getting it done. I live in a small city that was listed in the top 10 best places to live back in the late '90s.  I said at the time that it was the worst thing that could happen to us.  Getting national recognition was a shout out to liberals everywhere.  They flocked in and it only took about 10-12 years to completely change things.  They managed to get liberal leadership into the schools, and the quality of the education started dropping immediately.  Took a while for them to ask the question why the big drop in student test scores, but by then it was too late.  Some of the places they've destroyed (old structures and businesses removed in the name of progress) will never be the same.  And then came the requirement for low income housing, like that was going to fix things.  It wasn't for the people already living here, we already had a couple of trailer courts, it was to draw in more liberals from elsewhere, because that's what happened. Much of the charm is long gone.