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Originally Posted by brickell
NIMBYs are needed and on balance a good thing. I think we've swung too far in their favor lately. The problem is that they're mostly concerned about the wrong things. We're all NIMBYS to some extent.
But anyway, like Cirrus said, different times with different tactics.
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Depends. IMO, real estate markets are mostly efficient, so I'm opposed to the efforts on the part of NIMBY's to use the government to subvert the natural market processes. While I'm glad they were there to oppose the demolition of neighborhoods for highways and housing projects, they unfortunately turned on just about all new market rate housing as well, which is why we find ourselves mired in a terrible housing crisis which no end in sight.