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And it's really the only way to overcome NIMBYism. Don't want a power line running through your land? Don't want light rail a half block away? Too bad, here it
by sverige 10y ago
And it's really the only way to overcome NIMBYism. Don't want a power line running through your land? Don't want light rail a half block away? Too bad, here it comes.
- DannyBee 10y agoand who decides exactly what is right here? Don't want new jobs in a new mall running through your land? Too bad, here it comes.
- idlewords 10y agoSome kind of democratically elected board of soulless government bureaucrats. Basically the same configuration as makes the decisions now, except on a regional rather than community scale. The point is not to remove accountability, but to prevent small municipalities from having veto power on things that would vastly improve people's quality of life regionwide (like a BART line to Marin, for example).
- Tempest1981 10y agoCheck out this poor home owner near the new SJ BART station -- not compensated: http://imgur.com/GtAo1Ry http://imgur.com/GtAo1Ry The houses left of his were taken.
- idlewords 10y agoTheir commute just got way easier, though.
- sverige 10y agoYeah, not saying it's right, just that it is how things get done. Usually the people who get screwed on compensation are the ones who hold out and fight. There was a homeowner in Denver who refused to sell to make way for Coors Field who got what he was originally offered, minus all the money spent on legal fees fighting it. Power lines, airports, highways, rail lines, sure. Stadiums, outlet malls, casinos, not so much.