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I intentionally left out YIMBY moral grandstanding, because it's usually a shield to hide the real reason they feel zoning should be changed: "I can't afford yo
by kory 4y ago
I intentionally left out YIMBY moral grandstanding, because it's usually a shield to hide the real reason they feel zoning should be changed: "I can't afford your neighborhood and I want to live there"
- shaburn 4y agoaka I want to use guilt, envy, and the legal system to extract value from your legal property.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoThat's just good business! If you don't like it, move.
- shaburn 4y agoSays the side typically on the losing side of the law and complaining to their activist friends in journalism.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoWe live in a highly competitive individualistic society where money and power buy all, including the ability to dip into playing zoning games using migration strategies. If people don't like that, they should move to a region which has a society more in accordance with their values.
- shaburn 4y agoI agree. Don't be bitter when the pendulum swings.
- xdennis 4y agoThere's no moral grandstanding. Some people just think you shouldn't be able to be so rich. The reason you are is because the masses allow you the privilege. You might as well be graceful about it.
- kory 4y agoAt least be straightforward with the reasoning, then. If the mainstream YIMBY said "I want to live in your neighborhood and I can't afford it, therefore the zoning should be changed", or "you're too rich because of zoning so I want to remove it so we are more equal," I'd have more respect. But usually it's something about how mixed use neighborhoods are better, or how someone on minimum wage can't afford to live on their own in a very expensive neighborhood. Ok, but those probably aren't the real reasons you're advocating for change. Just be direct. Language that straightforward is surprisingly hard to find among the YIMBY croud.
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- shaburn 4y agoYes anarchy and mob rule are always an option in theory.