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> I knew this was coming. > Affordability problems in desirable locales already caused progressives to jettison anti-sprawl initiatives and environmental revie
by cycomanic 3y ago
> I knew this was coming.
> Affordability problems in desirable locales already caused progressives to jettison anti-sprawl initiatives and environmental reviews.
> It was only a matter of time before our gaze shifted to building codes and life safety provisions as cost-adds that "we" should all work against.
So if your safety provisions yield worse outcomes than other places is it not time to review those regulations? Do you actually care about safety or just about your confirmation bias that "progressives are doing something bad"?
- rsync 3y agoPlease see my use of the words “our” and “we”. I am one of those progressives. I just haven’t flip-flopped on sprawl and open space and environmental review based on my current economic outlook.
- sunshowers 3y agoConservationist "hippie" environmentalism is very different from, and in many ways the opposite of, modern climate activism. A general concern for the environment is roughly the only thing they share in common.