Left leaning people live in gated communities of urban sprawl when they get rich enough, just look at SanFrancisco.
Everyone becomes a nimby when their traffic may get worse or a shadow might block their sun, this is human nature irrespective of left/right.
Three steaks where I live are now 60$ from a supermarket, I think many people underestimate the general inflation of goods prices as well. When youre measuring things in dollars its going to be a bad experience, if you measure in gold or some other commodity its actually getting cheaper.