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I have wondered whether the people that commute through an area regularly ought not to have a sort of "commuter's voting rights". This would allow them to vote
by avidiax 2y ago
I have wondered whether the people that commute through an area regularly ought not to have a sort of "commuter's voting rights". This would allow them to vote against NIMBY-ist policies that are forcing them to commute in the first place.
This is a little different than what the article alludes to, which is perhaps a nationalized zoning policy (similar to Japan).
- cedws 2y agoAll landlords are NIMBYs because every house built increases supply, and increased supply devalues their ‘investment.’ The solution to NIMBYism to slice through bureaucracy and start telling landlords “tough shit we’re building anyway.” This is why China is building entire ghost cities and thousands of kilometres of rail a year, they won’t let anything get in the way of progress. In the West we deliberate for years over what could be, eventually start it, then make cutbacks when it goes way over budget and deliver a fraction of the original vision…