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NIMBYs are not constrained to conservative people at all here. I know very liberal people in SF that constantly vote against any improvements to the city becau
by hueving 10y ago
NIMBYs are not constrained to conservative people at all here. I know very liberal people in SF that constantly vote against any improvements to the city because they 'don't want the feel to change'.
- m_mueller 10y agoWhat does liberal even mean in the US then? If it's neither pushing personal liberties nor corporate liberties nor progressiveness ... it's just another form of conservative thinking. So you got a two party system with two conservative parties. No wonder, really.
- jessaustin 10y agoHaving attained this understanding, one might never again be surprised by USA politics...
- ubernostrum 10y agoMany liberals in the US are skeptical of "growth" or "development" plans because they're seen as inevitably gentrifying neighborhoods (making areas where poor people could afford to live suddenly unaffordable) and transferring all the direct financial benefits to large chain/franchise corporations instead of to local residents who need the help.
- vertex-four 10y agoTo be fair, where I am in the UK, that's actually the case with my council's development plans. The goal is almost always to bring in more national chains and multinational businesses, not to promote local business or do anything to improve the quality of life of local people.
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- eli_gottlieb 10y ago>So you got a two party system with two conservative parties. No wonder, really. Right, now you're getting it. What we desperately need is some socialists.
- flukus 10y agoSame in Australia. It's often inner city progressive types that are against change.