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> Guess what - you're not owed anything. Right on! Nobody here is owed anything. New residents are not owed the right to reshape things arbitrarily. Neither ar
by Kalium 6y ago
> Guess what - you're not owed anything.
Right on! Nobody here is owed anything. New residents are not owed the right to reshape things arbitrarily. Neither are incumbent residents owed an enduring hammerlock on the future of a place.
- throwawaysea 6y agoBut incumbent residents are owed the right to self determination and local governance. And that includes taking actions to preserve their quality of life. That doesn't make them crazy, selfish, or "racist" (as the linked article claims).
- Kalium 6y agoYou're absolutely right! Participating in local governance does not inherently making a person crazy, selfish, or racist. I do think it's perhaps possible that in some cases people participating in local governance might advance and adopt policies that have outcomes that benefit them financially or have disparate impacts on people of different races. Though I confess I found few references to or even accusations of racism in the article. Perhaps you can help me?
- throwawaysea 6y agoThe accusation of racism is in the opening line: > We’re all familiar by now with Right-NIMBYs — conservatives who block transit and housing development in order to keep poor people and minorities out of their quiet white-flight suburban neighborhoods. People who are against increased density are almost never holding that position to keep minorities out of their neighborhoods. To me that comes off as a convenient demonization, using charged rhetoric to attack the author's adversaries.
- kapuasuite 6y agoIn the United States municipalities are not sovereign - they basically exist at the whim of their respective states. So no, nobody is “owed” local governance.