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You should be allowed to build parking in Sim NIMBY. I've never heard a NIMBY oppose more parking. Heaven forbid you allow people too. The federal government n

You should be allowed to build parking in Sim NIMBY. I've never heard a NIMBY oppose more parking. Heaven forbid you allow people too. The federal government needs to strengthen property rights if they want to see more housing at lower prices. I don't think they realize the degree of the housing disaster or its long term impacts on the economy yet. A lot of millennials are aging out of childbearing without having had children because of housing.

pessimizer 4y ago
> You should be allowed to build parking in Sim NIMBY. Really? If you're playing as the YIMBY against NIMBYs, isn't one of your main goals to build housing without parking?
- Steltek 4y ago
  The game satirizes NIMBYs, who always agree to build more parking or don't complain when parking expansion is the proposal under discussion.
- zbrozek 4y ago
  Right. It's Sim NIMBY, not Sim YIMBY.
kiba 4y ago
I think we need to reconceptualize property rights. Instead of something you 'own', it's valuable resources that you rented from the community. Rich people gets to use the most valuable land, but they will also likely pay more, and also likely to use it more efficiently, unlike today where you have landowners who sat on lands worth million of dollars and oppose development. This is land hoarding and it's not good.
- least 4y ago
  This is basically what Georgism [1] aims to solve. I don't think it's only a matter of imposing a land value tax, though. I think government regulations like zoning and poorly thought out housing code impede development the most. A developer would rather profit off their land. A land value tax incentivizes development from the back but you have to remove the barriers from the front as well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism
- mellavora 4y ago
  Yes, just like patents and copyright!
- deleted 4y ago
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pessimizer 4y ago

> You should be allowed to build parking in Sim NIMBY. Really? If you're playing as the YIMBY against NIMBYs, isn't one of your main goals to build housing without parking?

Steltek 4y ago
The game satirizes NIMBYs, who always agree to build more parking or don't complain when parking expansion is the proposal under discussion.
zbrozek 4y ago
Right. It's Sim NIMBY, not Sim YIMBY.

kiba 4y ago

I think we need to reconceptualize property rights. Instead of something you 'own', it's valuable resources that you rented from the community. Rich people gets to use the most valuable land, but they will also likely pay more, and also likely to use it more efficiently, unlike today where you have landowners who sat on lands worth million of dollars and oppose development. This is land hoarding and it's not good.

least 4y ago
This is basically what Georgism [1] aims to solve. I don't think it's only a matter of imposing a land value tax, though. I think government regulations like zoning and poorly thought out housing code impede development the most. A developer would rather profit off their land. A land value tax incentivizes development from the back but you have to remove the barriers from the front as well. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism
mellavora 4y ago
Yes, just like patents and copyright!
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