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Couldn’t read the whole article because of the paywall but the author pretty much lost me in the first paragraph… > The YIMBY movement annoys a lot of people w

Couldn’t read the whole article because of the paywall but the author pretty much lost me in the first paragraph… > The YIMBY movement annoys a lot of people who are highly engaged with politics because we are living in a time of intense political polarization, and YIMBYism is not aligned with either pole Who *wants* polarization and would be annoyed by bipartisanship?? Wouldn’t it make more sense that people find the common ground and unity refreshing? Just a strange phrasing of the movement.

klooney 3y ago
I think you're reading him backwards- he's pro YIMBY, and saying that they are bipartisan and successful, but annoying to highly online highly partisan types.
- wrsh07 3y ago
  Note the author is himself deeply engaged in partisan political discourse - he's referencing his discourse (the discourse he frequently engages in) as being the polarizing discourse (which I assume from his comments he finds frustrating)
jjulius 3y ago
>Who wants polarization and would be annoyed by bipartisanship? I think this[0] is the right take, but I'm guessing you haven't read much in the way of political discourse on Twitter, Reddit and Facebook over the last decade or so? Nuance has been discarded and there's hardly any willingness to compromise on anything. [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37449692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37449692