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And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Rosemary A. Joyce, Alessandro Rigolon
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
That said, this looks like a a great paper
Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
Reposted by Scott Clifford, Alessandro Rigolon
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
Left NIMBY: build only social housing; protect renters; developers shouldn’t make a profit
Right YIMBY: build only market rate housing. Property rights
Right NIMBY: build only luxury single family; density and cities are scary
