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I can only comment on the Bay area which has plenty of land and lots of entrenched vested interests. Take a town like Atherton which is full of billionaires lik
by 1cvmask 5y ago
I can only comment on the Bay area which has plenty of land and lots of entrenched vested interests. Take a town like Atherton which is full of billionaires like Marc Andreesen who talk about how they want builders etc... But they are allergic when it is in their tony neighborhood of the zillionaires.
The hypocrisy of the NIMBYs at full display:
https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/ https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherton,_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherton,_California
- immichaelwang 5y agoWhat is the evidence that Marc Andreessen is a NIMBY other than he lives close to his office?
- RC_ITR 5y agoVote with your feet. At least send your property taxes to a town that allows for at least some multi-unit housing (Palo alto isn’t great but it’s better and right next door).
- notsureaboutpg 5y agoPalo Alto does not allow multi unit housing. There hasn't been a new apartment built in Palo Alto in like 40 years
- CheezeIt 5y agoA16Z’s interests are aligned against nimbyism, not with it, so it’s completely fallacious to treat Marc Andreesen and Atherton as synonymous entities.
- elevenoh 5y agoI think it's also fallacious to treat a VC firm's interests as synonymous to its cofounder's interests on an individual level.
- chaostheory 5y agoLet's be fair. Andreesen is just one person out of 7000 living in Atherton, and he's made his own position clear. Other than that, there's no evidence that he is or isn't a NIMBY, so let's not jump to fast conclusions without more data.