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"Did something change regarding development in SF? Or was the NIMBY effect always a bit over-stated? Anyone care to speculate?" No, not much at all has changed
by rsync 10y ago
"Did something change regarding development in SF? Or was the NIMBY effect always a bit over-stated? Anyone care to speculate?"
No, not much at all has changed and the "building boom" consists of 5 or 6 high rises and a small handful of quarter-block sized rental apartment complexes.
Think of the normal background level development that is always occurring in Denver/Minneapolis/Portland ... that suddenly happened here for a few years. "Boom".
- pascalxus 10y agoNIMBYs are extremely powerful. sometimes they even sue developers, raising the cost of housing for everyone. Environmental legislation also causes a huge increase in development costs as well.
- IndianAstronaut 10y agoNIMBYs are also a major cause of the wealth inequality we are seeing. http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/03/wealth-inequality http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/03/wealth-i...