My wife and I just finished building a very expensive home in Scottsdale. We were limited to a thirty foot height "to protect property values." Fine. That's fair. But now in our little gated community the city has permitted a four story condo building - and I tell you folks the rooms do not have 7.5 foot ceilings. I am sure that our home and those of our neighbors will help push the value of the condos up just as that much taller building blocking the views will push ours down. Had we known that the Silverleaf developers could "get to" the city and avoid the restrictions it forced on us we would have built in San Diego. There's a lesson here: Avoid investing in cities that have one set of rules and laws for the average person and a different set of rules and laws for the friends, cronies, and contributors of its politicians.