Yeah, that’s my experience as well. The YIMBY-NIMBY divide crosses traditional party lines. There’s something deeply ironic about seeing someone saying we need to solve inequality and the climate crisis, then turn around and say multifamily housing, bike lanes, and public transit will destroy the neighborhood.
Like, you can either be for climate solutions or sprawling suburbia, but not both. You can be for solving the housing crisis or sprawling suburbia, but not both. You can be for fixing things or the status quo, but not both.
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Yeah, that’s my experience as well. The YIMBY-NIMBY divide crosses traditional party lines. There’s something deeply ironic about seeing someone saying we need to solve inequality and the climate crisis, then turn around and say multifamily housing, bike lanes, and public transit will destroy the neighborhood.
Like, you can either be for climate solutions or sprawling suburbia, but not both. You can be for solving the housing crisis or sprawling suburbia, but not both. You can be for fixing things or the status quo, but not both.