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Yimby solutions are almost always based on less regulations, or just changing the parameters of the regulations we already have. Usually, there is a bullshit te
by tmh79 9y ago
Yimby solutions are almost always based on less regulations, or just changing the parameters of the regulations we already have. Usually, there is a bullshit terribly regulated onerous way to build housing, where you can follow the rules, and then get deined at the end by a random decision. YIMBYs want to take the baby step of not allowing the random reckoning at the end of the process at which a project can be randomly denied.
- dingo_bat 9y agoThey want to do this by overruling the authority of local government which is fundamentally wrong in a democracy. They also want the government to build housing. Another classic blunder committed by people who do not understand history, politics or economics. Both are examples of over-regulation, and government overreach.
- jandrese 9y agoThe comes across sounding like a "The Civil War was a conflict over States Rights" argument. This is one of those cases where the entrenched local interests have no intention of ever solving a blatant and growing problem (sometimes referred to as: "Got Mine, Fuck You") and it is in the State's interest to force a little sanity at the local level.