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It's facetious to pretend NIMBYs are as such because they're racist and classist, rather than because they just want to protect the single most valuable and fut

• otterley 6mo ago
  Those factors are tied together and aren’t easily separable. The racism and classism comes in because they believe that people of a different race or class will diminish the value of their investment.
  • tormeh 6mo ago
    If enough people believe this then it is true. That's just how markets work.
    • otterley 6mo ago
      It is how (unregulated) markets work, but is this the right outcome? What do you think would happen if this were allowed to play out to its logical extent?
      • kulahan 6mo ago
        Desirable things become expensive and undesirable things become inexpensive.