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NIMBYism is a huge factor. Where I live, most new projects are attacked legally by individuals or small groups who wish to conserve the neighborhood in precisel
by inglor_cz 4y ago
NIMBYism is a huge factor. Where I live, most new projects are attacked legally by individuals or small groups who wish to conserve the neighborhood in precisely the same state that it is today. Sometimes, even individual houses. It is expensive to fight those challenges off and they are often successful to the degree that the investor just abandons the project.
Our societies have grown older, and with it, they have a lot less tolerance for change. The "get off my lawn" mentality is becoming stronger with every extra year added to the national average age.
- DubiousPusher 4y agoYes, I find it very frustrating that only a handful of state governments have gone after restrictive zoning. And I find it unconscionable that the federal government fails to raise it even as a topic of discussion. Three presidents have had the opportunity to raise the housing crisis to national attention. Instead they bemoan the ugliness of people living in public.