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Re:Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking l... by Aunche on Saturday October 23, 2021 @04:59PM (#28972194)
>It's funny that the GDP itself is prized over the people who are supposed to be the beneficiaries of an economy with a high GDP.

The GDP isn't a magical number that rises by making people suffer. It rises because NIMBYs are unable to force others to struggle by keeping them out of their economically advantageous land.

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Re:Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking l... by 8note on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:34PM (#28972536)
The economic advantage of that land is that the nimbys are there.

Similar land is all over the place

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