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What you want are frankly the typical goals of those derided as NIMBYs. They tend to want amenities balanced with housing.
by junkscience2017 9y ago
What you want are frankly the typical goals of those derided as NIMBYs. They tend to want amenities balanced with housing.
- santaclaus 9y agoWithout density you can't have these in a walkable neighborhood. It takes X number of customers to support a grocery store (or a bodega, or a restaurant, etc). If you want one nearby, you need more people in a smaller geographic area. Besides, it is not one or the other. Ground level retail, upper level residential, and you get both.
- closeparen 9y agoThe amenities he wants stem from “more neighbors, closer to me” and the amenities NIMBYs want are the opposite. One is cooperative (cities get better as they grow, new residents and businesses and buildings add to the energy) and the other is exclusionary (once too many people live somewhere, it’s ruined).