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The fiercest opposition to infill development comes at the local level from people who love their urban areas the way they are. YIMBY successes have been in mov
by closeparen 3y ago
The fiercest opposition to infill development comes at the local level from people who love their urban areas the way they are. YIMBY successes have been in moving these decisions to state legislatures that include broader geographies and more diverse urbanization levels. I don’t think it’s the 80% who are the problem, it's the 20% who've got theirs already.
- rayiner 3y agoThat’s been of limited success as soon as urban development becomes politicized among the 80%. The NIMBY’s in SF might be the immediate challenge, but the folks in the rest of CA afraid of their little suburb becoming like East Palo Alto maintain the overall legal framework that gives those NIMBY’s power.