The only problem with NIMBY is that there is not enough NIMBY. Poor and working class people should also have strong voices in the character and development of

The only problem with NIMBY is that there is not enough NIMBY. Poor and working class people should also have strong voices in the character and development of their neighborhoods -- not just the wealthy. Marc Andreessen should be able to have a say in the character and development of his neighborhood, and everybody else should, too. California and the Sun Belt have too many people relative to the innate ecological fragility of the regions, and manipulating the market to cram even more people in there than the economy or environment can support is foolishness and irresponsibility masquerading as a moral crusade. Foolishness and irresponsibility always masquerade as moral crusades.