Complaints of that sort aren't really rare, but they don't carry much weight. The issue is minor enough that few people are going to refuse to elect or reelect anyone based on it (generally speaking -- there have been instances where the problem had grown so egregious that it caused general uproar leading to some restrictions), and cities both make money from the practice and are constantly lobbied to expand it.

I think most residents are ok with them, but it’s because they don’t have a clear choice, haven’t stopped to think about it, and/or “that’s just how things have always been”.

you can say that about anything