The other aspect Yimboobs never address is immigration. Given the non-stop influx of both legal and illegal immigrants, it's impossible to build housing fast enough in certain areas. Nor is the infrastructure there in many cases. You can't just add 1000 people to a sewage system designed for single family houses and maybe 100 people. There's not enough water, power, anything. So the Yimboobs don't even grasp the inflexible physical realities. Of course they blithely ignore the sociological realities and act as if there's no such thing as crime or bad neighbors.
This is an excellent point. Obviously the answer to soaring housing costs is to build more houses. But addressing the root cause of NIMBYism in the first place seems to get no attention at all.
Excellent summation on the actual damage YIMBY attitudes can bring fourth. It is a rather chicken-and-egg issue that is hard to separate from something like pathological altruism, This piece is such a good read for the culture, as this discussion is critical in getting beyond umbrella derogotives like "woke". Also Tha kful for your compassionate nod to the fact that a lot of this comes from a good place--bleeding hearts are hearts after all. Thanks for the thoughts, these conversations will not happen on accident.
The other aspect Yimboobs never address is immigration. Given the non-stop influx of both legal and illegal immigrants, it's impossible to build housing fast enough in certain areas. Nor is the infrastructure there in many cases. You can't just add 1000 people to a sewage system designed for single family houses and maybe 100 people. There's not enough water, power, anything. So the Yimboobs don't even grasp the inflexible physical realities. Of course they blithely ignore the sociological realities and act as if there's no such thing as crime or bad neighbors.
This is an excellent point. Obviously the answer to soaring housing costs is to build more houses. But addressing the root cause of NIMBYism in the first place seems to get no attention at all.
Excellent summation on the actual damage YIMBY attitudes can bring fourth. It is a rather chicken-and-egg issue that is hard to separate from something like pathological altruism, This piece is such a good read for the culture, as this discussion is critical in getting beyond umbrella derogotives like "woke". Also Tha kful for your compassionate nod to the fact that a lot of this comes from a good place--bleeding hearts are hearts after all. Thanks for the thoughts, these conversations will not happen on accident.