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I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Here the same people who yell for affordable housing also go to court to block construction of new towers. The same
by maxaf 7y ago
I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Here the same people who yell for affordable housing also go to court to block construction of new towers. The same people who complain about buses stuck in traffic on W 86th St also prevent the introduction of universal metered parking and congestion pricing.
But my original comment was mainly addressing the NIMBYism in California. Look at SF: it's a low-rise city of sky-high demand and prices. Who's preventing new construction? The same local NIMBYs who enjoy rising property values due to severely restricted supply of land that can be built on.
- jakelazaroff 7y agoI until very recently lived downtown, where congestion pricing would actually take effect, and the people most in support were again the furthest left. SF does seem to be more NIMBYish, but I’m not sure why you think it’s a microcosm of liberalism.