#NIMBYs

Jenny Akchin

jennyaction

Sorry for the multiple revisions--I want to get this right. After 2.5 hours of the hearing (TBC tomorrow at 10) it's more clear to me than ever that the fight

David Roberts

drvolts

1. A giant offshore wind project in NY would substantially increase the region's carbon-free energy, relieve grid congestion, & lower prices. It's being blocked by NIMBYs. Specifically, the wealthy residents

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mnolangray

I'll be tweeting some highlights from @KAErdmann's talk with @YIMBYNeoliberal. Happening now: https://www.eventbrite.com/x/yimby-neoliberal-blame-nimbys-for-the-great-recession-with-kevin-erdmann-tickets-134730421317?utm_campaign=re

Anthony Dedousis

anthonydedousis

It's no secret that L.A. County is a hotbed of opposition to new housing. For my latest @AbundantHousing data project, I created a methodology to determine which cities are the

Adam Singer

AdamSinger

Below post by Mike is good. Actual Bay Area economy looks like this. Even successful VCs joke they would've made far more, easier, just buy buying RE -who needs to

Mike Banim

MikeBanim

I complain about the state of Dublin a lot, but god, Blanchardstown is textbook Edge City.My ma lives on a residential street that has an all day stream of ratrunners

Alec Schierenbeck

aschierenbeck

Looking closer at the NIMBY lawsuit to block the Gowanus rezoning this morning, and it is shockingly thin. The lead argument is that the City didn’t give the Community Board

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/OK, so. Let's talk about Left-NIMBYism. We all know about Right-NIMBYs, rabidly protecting their white-flight suburbs from Those People. And there are plenty of liberal NIMBYs too. But NIMBYs of

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/Today's @bopinion post is about big cities, and why they might not bounce back triumphantly after COVID is gone.https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-10/new-york-san-francisco-u-s-cities-will-struggle-after-covid-19 2/COV

Kai Nagata 🇨🇦

kainagata

Question: if you own a $350-night AirBnB on Galiano ... who cleans it? Where the fuck are they supposed to live?https://twitter.com/bychrischeung/status/1332473380017033216 My family was displaced from Mayne Island in 1942.

Matthew Chapman

fawfulfan

So, I've been studying the new #ProjectConnect transit plan for Austin. And overall I think it's far and away the best transit plan @CapMetroATX has ever offered. After years of

Rod (they/them)

RoderickDHall1

I read this article 3x because I was really annoyed, so I wanted to make sure I got each and every point without bias. There were some good points we

Geoffrey M. Wardle

Geoffrey_Wardle

I spent an hour and a half this last week with a group that have jobs but lack housing stability. Each and every one of them articulated that microhousing or

Jackson

awyeahyeehaw

Interesting piece from @awalkerinLA. The answer to this problem is a preservation program that sees beyond buildings and engages in meaningful legacy business protection, like SF is starting to. (1/3)https://www.curbed.com/2021/01/taix-rest

Jacob Woocher

jacobwooch

If you want more housing discourse, I wrote a response to that Atlantic article (sorry lol).Tens of millions of people face eviction right now!!Under capitalism, jobs/economic crisis --> eviction crisis.

Angie Schmitt🚶‍♀️

schmangee

One of the foundational ideas of American suburbanization, IMO, is this notion that children should not be in public spaces.That the place for children is away from public life, under

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