Selling Out the Land

Re “A Glut in the Market for Homes,” Column One, May 20: A glut of real estate agents seems only fair for an industry doing its best to overpopulate every corner of the state to sell more homes. Shortsighted business people never consider that population growth brings not only more business volume but also more competition. Of course, over-competition is only one of many good reasons to stop sacrificing the environment that sustains us for the sake of stimulating the economy.

Kenneth Pasternack

Santa Barbara