Glaze. This could be solved by better zoning. NIMBY is fair. There’s plenty of land to go around.
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I think people who organize to prevent new housing being built in their city are selfish af.
What’s wrong with being selfish?
Well, unlike the kooks at the Atlas Society, I don't think egoism is terribly virtuous.
In between him offloading useless shitcoins onto retail, he also found time to do that, yes.
They don’t want congestion or the “little people” around. What’s wrong with that? Hurts them in the long term. Much more difficult to get services. Or they’ll just have to pay more, which they’d easily do, and probably do anyway.
I get it. You got yours. Congrats. I also enthusiastically support state governments ramming upzoning down your local government’s throat.
So, you’re a statist?
Certainly not anymore than you. At least my “statist” position is letting landowners build on the land they own.
Fair point. However land isn’t bought in a vacuum. We hardly own our own land anyway given property taxes are often incredibly steep. If you’re in a city there are many competing interests.