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It really bothers me that homeowners here have so much influence beyond their property lines. You own a plot of land. If someone is building an apartment not on
by TACIXAT 8y ago
It really bothers me that homeowners here have so much influence beyond their property lines. You own a plot of land. If someone is building an apartment not on your plot of land it should be none of your business.
- zanny 8y agoThe behavior of NIMBYs is a microcosm reflection of why wealth inequality is so detrimental for democracy. The property owners of major metro areas have both a vested interest in defending their profitability and crowd out those who want to be residents but cannot because of barriers put up by the owner class. NIMBYs dominate SF politics because only NIMBYs can live in SF, which is exactly analogous to how business lobbyists dominate the rotunda of the Capital in DC because only multinational globalist corporations can afford to play the hardball bribes to get congress under their heel and crowd out everyone else with their money. In both cases, when a few have a ludicrous amount of money / power and everyone else is left poor, the rich silence the rest and hold all the power.