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Is it that different though? Local residents seem to be deciding what kind of housing can be built on land that isn't theirs. I can't build a fourplex on my lo
by ProfessorLayton 2y ago
Is it that different though? Local residents seem to be deciding what kind of housing can be built on land that isn't theirs.
I can't build a fourplex on my lot, despite having the room for it, because people living elsewhere deemed it so. Instead it's a SFH with most of the lot wasted as setbacks, and is worth more than it should because of it.
- conductr 2y agoI think it's a little different because you knew the situation regarding 4plex on your land when you bought it. You knew you'd have to ask someone's permission to do it and you knew the answer might be no. You also felt like the market was such that local businesses, like grocers, would be competitive and not gouging you with monopolistic strategies
- insane_dreamer 2y agoThe difference is that what the local residents decide impacts _new_ residents wanting to move in and make the town larger, whereas what the company decides impacts the residents _already_ living there. (Not saying that NIMBY-ism is good or right, just that the situation is different.)