The GP is talking about the dismantling of the Commons in England during the Industrial Revolution.
Anyway, it's not that simple. English even got the term "tragedy of the Commons" to refer to what was happening before the dismantling. Those people still were plainly stolen, yes, but the value what was taken wasn't that clear. Also, people were escaping the Commons into factory jobs way before they were taken.
The males won't pass the mutation to their children, enforcing that it will disappear in 5 or 6 generations... So, if it does anything, it will last for a couple of months at most.
But also, it doesn't slow down the females at all, and the male mosquito population isn't usually the bottleneck on their reproduction.
If you are expecting consistency from something like this, you should try getting involved in local politics at least once.
Whatever way you imagine for deciding it, the answer is yes, they do that.
Do they gesstimate? Yes!
Do they hire engineers to guesstimate? Yes!
Do they concede to popular pressure? Yes!
Do they concede to money pressure? Yes!
Do they use the placement to guide the city's evolution? Yes!
They think that once all the capital is destroyed, they'll get to live like kings by taking the full value of their work.
And they won't accept to learn their work is only that valuable because of that capital.