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When people have lived in a place for long enough their memories and to a certain extent their identity are bound up with that area. Development, especially low
by dageshi 6y ago
When people have lived in a place for long enough their memories and to a certain extent their identity are bound up with that area. Development, especially low density to high density development can feel a bit like too much change too fast and irrational or not it feels like part of your home and your past are being destroyed.
People will come up with any number of reasons to oppose it as you suggest, but the core reason I think is simply people don't want their homes and neighbourhoods to change dramatically, they find comfort from them remaining roughly the same over time.
- Retric 6y agoIt’s not always about that kind of diffuse NIMBY objections. At 2% growth a county takes 35 years for the population to double. However, that growth is rarely spread evenly. The difference between living next to farmers and having a giant subdivision, 5,000 kid summer camp, or an airport next door are huge. We rarely see direct compensation for the negative impacts of such change so people have little reason to support change that negatively impacts themselves.