My cynical take for a while has been that NIMBYism is how superficial leftists and liberals implement red-lining on the basis of class with plausible deniabilit

My cynical take for a while has been that NIMBYism is how superficial leftists and liberals implement red-lining on the basis of class with plausible deniability. They don't want to say they don't want poor people in their neighborhood, but they can block all construction for other reasons and get that result. I've become fond of using this quote to illustrate the hypocrisy: "Texas is more liberal than California because in Texas a working class person can afford a place to live." It's really hypocritical to claim to be "woke" while supporting policies that create massive divides between rich and poor and lock vast numbers of people out of housing.