> 2) YIMBYs need to realize that NIMBYs aren't exclusively motivated by greed. When they tell you that they don't want their neighborhood to densify they actual

> 2) YIMBYs need to realize that NIMBYs aren't exclusively motivated by greed. When they tell you that they don't want their neighborhood to densify they actually mean it. It's not covering for racism or greed. People genuinely don't want their neighborhoods to change. In my experience this is almost 100% the real truth. I haven't met many people that are looking at their house price when they think about changes to the neighborhood. First consideration is usually traffic. Second consideration is character. In neighborhoods where almost everyone owns, they very much don't want to see it become a rental neighborhood.