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I mean they could try to talk to politicians and NIMBYs but it seems like many programmers in silicon valley enjoy their wooden walls houses with no shops or b

• lex-lightning 3y ago
  Your assessment of the problem is accurate but persuasion so far has proven intractable. I live in Portland. I’ve been cornered for my opinion on urbanization, so I’ll give it. But at least here, many people have black and white opinions. Either you don’t care about the environment or you don‘t care about displacement. This is why we needed the Green New Deal or Build Back Better. Urbanize, but increase social safety nets, provide rent control… I don’t claim to know which levers to pull, but we definitely need to pull more than one at once to meet the goals of increasing density without driving people out of their own neighborhoods. But doesn’t it seem strange that increasing density would increase displacement? The US has a lot of political barriers to things like the Green New Deal. So when areas are urbanized, those against urbanization can point to the flawed execution and they certainly have a point. That said, I’d love to see the Green New Deal return.