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This anti-NIMBY astroturfing on HN is fascinating. There is a repetitive hammering of a short list of talking points. I am from the East Coast which is very bu

by MrMan 6y ago

This anti-NIMBY astroturfing on HN is fascinating. There is a repetitive hammering of a short list of talking points. I am from the East Coast which is very built up. We largely don't have this weird NIMBY anger. In a lot of places here there are tons of tall buildings being built. The whole angry discourse is alien to me. No one moving to New York is angrily ranting about "NIMBYS" undermining their supposed right to cheap housing. Or not when I moved to NYC.

helen___keller 6y ago
> This anti-NIMBY astroturfing on HN is fascinating. There is a repetitive hammering of a short list of talking points. I'm not sure it's reasonable to call something "astroturfing" for this reason. Astroturfing specifically refers to inorganic discourse, there's plenty of organic anti-NIMBY anger > I am from the East Coast which is very built up. We largely don't have this weird NIMBY anger. In a lot of places here there are tons of tall buildings being built. The whole angry discourse is alien to me. Speak for yourself, there's plenty of YIMBY types in Boston, because the urban core is plenty dense but many of the surrounding towns and cities (which aren't in Boston proper) are low density, despite having rail lines straight to downtown Boston, which has contributed to our awful rent costs. Frankly I had heard that it's the same issue in the outer boroughs in New York but maybe I was mistaken.