The bus system is great in a city where parking is essentially non-existant. It also helps people looking for jobs, get to those jobs.
The rent freeze is nothing new. There are many places where if you rented at a specific time your rent didn't soar through the ceiling and put you on the streets.
Not sure about the whole grocery store thing.
Remember, however, this is just the primary. There will be more people in the field with differing views
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