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NIMBY is something different, but I'm a proud NIMBY too. People can vote for what happens in their own towns.
by frollogaston 5mo ago
NIMBY is something different, but I'm a proud NIMBY too. People can vote for what happens in their own towns.
- satvikpendem 5mo agoAt the expense of the overall economic health of everyone. See the rents in San Francisco for examples compared to places where countries actually build, like Singapore and China.
- frollogaston 5mo agoIf that's good long-term for the people in SF who've already invested their time and money there, shouldn't be any other way. It's also not some zero-sum game where voting against development always benefits them at the cost of others; sometimes they want development.
- satvikpendem 5mo agoIt's not good long term for them though, as housing disparity statistically correlates to higher crime.
- frollogaston 5mo agoMaybe more development wouldn't have caused lower crime in SF, we won't know. And that's also not the only thing they care about.