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Originally Posted by gopokes21
YIMBY types are just market-obsessed libertarian urbanists struggling with all of those contradictions. If you want a value proposition to take to the extreme, how about one about people or neighborhoods?
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Wrong.
Most of us want a city that everyone can be a part of, regardless of income. it's one thing when lower class people can't afford a house in Denver. It's another level when the AVERAGE house price is now around $630k. That's not even affordable for the middle class in many cases.
I'm all for preserving historic buildings, where it's warranted, but not every ugly ass bungalow in Denver needs to be saved. Also, these sorts of arguments have been extended to protest any development, even if it doesn't mean the loss of a building that should be saved.
The solution is to upzone the city to allow more housing. The more this metro area tries to cater to NIMBYs who want housing growth caps, or their mountain views preserved, etc, the longer this affordability crisis will drag out until people start giving up on Denver and voting with their feet.
But hey, if you want to turn Denver into Boulder the sequel, be my guest. As I said before, I think Denver is nice, but it's not $630k nice.