Re:Steelmanning the NIMBYs
by spamizbad on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:13AM
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I don't think YIMBYs paper over this issue at all. Their views tend to go hand-in-hand with advocacy for public transit, parks, and various other community services. Their plans often involve crafting more "walkable" downtowns, where you bring dense housing closer to commercial districts, and make areas easier to travel to by foot.
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Re:Steelmanning the NIMBYs
by dragonwriter on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:47AM
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That's nice, but only deals with people-moving, not any of the other infrastructure burdens of higher density. So, yes, by ignoring most of the issue while addressing a tiny corner, YIMBY’s are exactly papering over the issue.
People specifically mentioned transit as something that’s ignored and that’s simply not the case.
This is why I dislike “Steelmanning” arguments since nobody spends the time to research the opposition and just better articulates strawmen.
I’m not a member of the hyper logical brain geniuses society that eats this stuff up, but if you want to zero in on stuff YIMBYs are weak on consider ableism, school crowding and (If applicable to a region) water availability.