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There's different kinds of NIMBYs and they all have different motivations. There's ones like Marc that are pretty classical. There's also ones that will push
by kodah 4y ago
There's different kinds of NIMBYs and they all have different motivations.
There's ones like Marc that are pretty classical.
There's also ones that will push back on the kinds of property people can own, but fully support saturating an area with rentals.
I don't think there's a challenge for voters here either. As the author points out, the real problem is listening to community feedback at all. It's undemocratic. Someone else needs to be in charge of how to fulfill the demands of the community at a higher level.
- whimsicalism 4y ago> There's also ones that will push back on the kinds of property people can own, but fully support saturating an area with rentals. ? Never seen this before, elaborate
- kelnos 4y agoThere's also the kind that bought into an area when it was already quite expensive, stretching their finances to do so, and are terrified of the idea of their home dropping in value due to density increases. In reality, the kind of density increases that would actually meaningfully lower their home's value is well beyond what is required or feasible. But most people aren't economists or real estate experts, and don't know or believe this.