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It's a dangerous trend that people with money less and less interact with people with less money. Private schools, super expensive neighborhoods, super expensiv
by maxxxxx 8y ago
It's a dangerous trend that people with money less and less interact with people with less money. Private schools, super expensive neighborhoods, super expensive gyms, bars and restaurants. These people have the power to influence political decisions but they have no idea how most people live.
- almost_usual 8y agoThis is why YIMBY movements will continue to fall flat on their face.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> This is why YIMBY movements will continue to fall flat on their face They fall flat on their face because those who are best placed to counter-act the Bay Area's NIMBYism find it fashionable to market their political laziness as cynicism.
- kikoreis 8y agoYou have articulated brilliantly something which as a Brazilian disturbs me to no end. I despair seeing cities change their structure to accommodate the desire for segregation.
- maxxxxx 8y agoSpeaking of Brazil reminds me of a documentary about Ayrton Senna I watched years ago. He flew his beautiful helicopter to his beautiful skyscraper in Sao Paolo, then to his beautiful beach house and then taking out his beautiful boat. All that with dirty, poor kids and the slums in Sao Paolo in the background. It was a really jarring experience.