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> simply overriding NIMBYs at the state level Yes, because we love democracy, don't we folks. > when the housing crisis becomes so acute And why is there a h
by bJGVygG7MQVF8c 6y ago
> simply overriding NIMBYs at the state level
Yes, because we love democracy, don't we folks.
> when the housing crisis becomes so acute
And why is there a housing crisis, exactly? You're presumably a technical person — apply some systems thinking.
- oehtXRwMkIs 6y agoWhat do you mean by systems thinking? I looked it up but I'm not sure which definition you had in mind.
- hansvm 6y ago> simply overriding NIMBYs at the state level > Yes, because we love democracy, don't we folks. Home ownership is about 50/50 in the Bay. If CA acts against NIMBY short-term interests that isn't in and of itself anti-democratic. It could make sense to question whether that's a power that should reside with the state, one might attack some of the common anti-NIMBY arguments (e.g., that people without homes are disproportionately unable to participate in local politics), and any individual state-level solution could be undesirable on its own merits, but going straight for the jugular and asserting the state is being undemocratic by not protecting NIMBYs seems overly inflammatory.