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This is all true of course, but it's not what I said. While it might be more economically rational for newer homebuyers to be the ones fighting development, it
by toby 10y ago
This is all true of course, but it's not what I said.
While it might be more economically rational for newer homebuyers to be the ones fighting development, it hasn't been my observation that they are. Obviously I could be wrong, I'd love to hear stories of rampant NIMBYism among the newly-landed.
- pfarnsworth 10y agoMy anecdote counters your anecdote. I find that the newest members of a neighborhood are the ones most likely to fight new development. The older people care but they don't have as much vested interest because they don't lose as much money.
- XenophileJKO 10y agoWhere I live in Mountain View, it is definitely the older residents that are the most vocal against increasing density.
- umanwizard 10y agoYou're equivocating between "homeowners" and "residents". Even newer homeowners are likely to have lived in the area longer than many residents.
- jmspring 10y agoNo what you said was a fantastical falsehood unrelated to owning property in California