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Just take this a step further, bring "local" all the way down to "the person who owns the land". Let the locals decide what to do on the land they own. If they
by BirdieNZ 4y ago
Just take this a step further, bring "local" all the way down to "the person who owns the land". Let the locals decide what to do on the land they own. If they want an apartment, or a store, or a giant mansion in the middle of 20 acres, as long as they own the land let them do it! They're the most local individual, right?
- Eumenes 4y agoI'd rather just manipulate zoning laws to prohibit soviet style apartment blocks from appearing in my little slice of heaven
- tptacek 4y agoTo a US suburban resident in a single-family lot, any apartment building is a Soviet-style apartment block.
- smcl 4y agoIn any HN discussion on housing there is inevitably a couple of people acting like you’re trying to build a krushchevka on their lawn. It’s like if we pretended all detached housing was like the infamous “groverhaus”[0]. The user you’re replying to appears to be getting a kick out of trolling as a NIMBY, slightly odd but it takes all sorts I suppose. [0] - best source is unfortunately knowyourmeme @ https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/groverhaus https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/groverhaus the phrase “load-bearing dry wall” appears
- tptacek 4y agoI mean, I spend a lot of time discussing this stuff with actual local development opponents, so arguments like these in the abstract just aren't that aggravating. I'm often happy for people to mount the most superficial arguments against things I believe in; might as well lay the flimsiness of the opposition out clearly.
- Eumenes 4y agoDo you have any tips for a NIMBY that may help me stop/slow-down/impede local development? Even delaying for a day is worth the time to me.
- tptacek 4y agoHonestly, step 1 would be to stop writing stuff like this.
- Eumenes 4y agoThis is my flavor of activism. FWIW, I've participated in activism to stop destruction of green space and nature preserves from commercial interests. Stopping the expansion of urban sprawl, mcdonalds and walmart, and destruction of greenery (whether it be housing or a self storage business) is something I'm passionate about.
- tptacek 4y agoI couldn't ask for a better opponent, so thank you for that.
- govolckurself 4y ago[dead]
- scatters 4y agoIf you don't want an apartment block on your lot, you don't have to build one! But if your neighbor wants to build one, what moral right do you have to stop them?
- Eumenes 4y agoI dont' care about morals, I care about legality, and if there are legal means to stop such projects, I pursue them with full force.