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> My neighbors spent a couple years built a fucking chalet that took up their entire backyard, ruined my small view of the occasional sun in Portland > One goo

by 0des 4y ago

> My neighbors spent a couple years built a fucking chalet that took up their entire backyard, ruined my small view of the occasional sun in Portland > One good friend of mine was a member of a Welsh group in the 80s whose name I don't know (but maybe someone on HN does know) who literally burned down the vacation houses of English people. I always think of that every time I'm woken up too early, which is almost every single day. > I live in a $500k house and Airbnb has wrecked my daily peace and my neighborhood. Wow, this one is an odd comment. An actual nimby praising terrorism.

noduerme 4y ago
You assume I consider "nimby" to be an automatic insult. I think it could go either way. The Welsh group I mentioned were "nimbys". Maybe you could call the Palestinians "nimbys praising terrorism" too. I know the term is meant to imply people are selfish capitalists, but more often it describes small landowners having their rights taken away by giant corporations. If you think about it for a minute, isn't it more selfishly capitalistic to say anyone should be able to build commercial enterprises wherever they feel like at the expense of the health and well-being of people living nearby? This isn't like "I don't want a homeless shelter on my corner". I have a homeless shelter on my corner. This is like: I don't think you have a right to make money on your property in a way that directly and negatively impacts me.
ren_engineer 4y ago
not wanting your neighborhood to be turned into a profit center for real estate investors makes you a NIMBY? Give me your address so I can build a loud night club next to it, otherwise you are a NIMBY. Don't be a hypocrite, think about my bank account
- 0des 4y ago
  > My neighbors spent a couple years built a fucking chalet that took up their entire backyard, ruined my small view of the occasional sun in Portland Not In My Back Yard

by 0des 4y ago

noduerme 4y ago

You assume I consider "nimby" to be an automatic insult. I think it could go either way. The Welsh group I mentioned were "nimbys". Maybe you could call the Palestinians "nimbys praising terrorism" too. I know the term is meant to imply people are selfish capitalists, but more often it describes small landowners having their rights taken away by giant corporations. If you think about it for a minute, isn't it more selfishly capitalistic to say anyone should be able to build commercial enterprises wherever they feel like at the expense of the health and well-being of people living nearby? This isn't like "I don't want a homeless shelter on my corner". I have a homeless shelter on my corner. This is like: I don't think you have a right to make money on your property in a way that directly and negatively impacts me.

ren_engineer 4y ago

not wanting your neighborhood to be turned into a profit center for real estate investors makes you a NIMBY? Give me your address so I can build a loud night club next to it, otherwise you are a NIMBY. Don't be a hypocrite, think about my bank account

0des 4y ago
> My neighbors spent a couple years built a fucking chalet that took up their entire backyard, ruined my small view of the occasional sun in Portland Not In My Back Yard