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I've said it before in other threads, but I highly recommend The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein for anyone interested in this topic. Much of today's housing
by ProfessorLayton 9y ago
I've said it before in other threads, but I highly recommend The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein for anyone interested in this topic.
Much of today's housing crisis is a direct result of blatantly racist policies that were implemented to keep out PoC out of white neighborhoods.
Ordinances like minimum lot sizes, heigh restrictions etc. are the very same tools used by NIMBYs to keep new developments out of their neighborhoods, and choking the US economy.
- JKCalhoun 9y agoThen the jobs should simply move away from the NIMBYs.
- nxsynonym 9y agoExcept the jobs worth moving for are built by, and favor, NIMBYs. The jobs won't leave city centers because they attract employees by exploiting the culture of the city they're based in, which is built on the backs of "undesirables". Why are none of the 'big 4' based out of middle-of-nowhere-America? Because nobody want's to live in a place where the idea of culture is TGI Friday's and an old navy outlet.
- ransom1538 9y agoTrue but a bit chicken and egg. If you brought a large company to a nowhere place - the hipster yoga, expensive wine bars, and snooty farm to table places move in eventually.