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0 pointsbrandur2y ago0 comments

> Actually, who am I kidding- some other interest group would probably take their place.

This is it unfortunately.

After observing the SF NIMBY mentality for many, many years, you start to see the matrix. It has nothing to do with gentrification, inclusion, environmentalism, or any of the other purported values. It's about one thing: stasis. Keeping SF the same at all costs, and making sure no new people come here.

San Franciscans favorite subject right now is talking about how downtown commercial space could be converted to housing, but make no mistake, the second anyone actually tried to do that, the backslash would be powerful and instantaneous. (And it's already so impossible to do between zoning and regulation that it doesn't even need backlash to already be infeasible.)

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Izikiel432y ago

> Keeping SF the same at all costs, and making sure no new people come here.

Applies to Seattle as well

pessimizer2y ago

> It has nothing to do with gentrification, inclusion, environmentalism, or any of the other purported values. It's about one thing: stasis. Keeping SF the same at all costs, and making sure no new people come here.

No. You're just monstering your enemies so you don't have to argue with them. Poisoning the well.

majormajor2y ago

How is "someone who doesn't want change" more of a monster than "someone who only cares about their property values," the usual NIMBY stereotype thrown around on HN?

renewiltord2y ago

Ultimately, doesn't take much work when they tried very hard to preserve the Nordstrom Valet Parking lot over building a tower block there haha. In the end, Nordstrom left too, so now it's all just blight.

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