This is certainly a topic which calls for commenters to identify at least whether they live in a single-family home and their immediate neighborhood context. 

As I've posted numerous times, I live in the old "Westside neighborhood in a 1929 house that was a trashed rental when I bought it. Our neighborhood was "red-lined" at the time, and there were almost no families with children. Many of us have fought hard to reestablish a vibrant, inclusive, compact neighborhood that supports home ownership, as well as welcoming renters who also love the neighborhood.

In the 1980s, the Eugene Planning Division had a culture that valued neighborhoods, especially the close-in ones that are subject to a lot of pressure from various impacts. That's all changed dramatically under Piercy and Ruiz, where our Planning Division is positively hostile towards neighborhood residents who want to protect and nourish their community. Instead, we have absurd fantasies like the proposed SW-SAZ zone. 

-- Paul