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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by seltzered_ on Monday October 07, 2019 @12:51PM (#21183037)
You have to think about complexity rather than just construction impact. Taking this argument leads one down a problematic 'Tragedy of the commons' path. As someone else said, not building may just create more sprawl somewhere else and increase vehicle miles travelled. You're also ignoring some historical covenants that might have excluded race from certain neighborhoods.

References: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1102604887223750657 on 'tragedy of the commons'

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1141456562512207872 work done on historical racial restrictive covenants.

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Re:Seattle looks to rein in state policy used to push back o... by lonelappde on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:23AM (#21191425)
The racial covenants (and blockbusting and redlining) need to get mentioned more to refute the bogus pseudo-nativist argument that whoever moved to town first has the right to control housing policy.
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