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mcsvbff bebh's avatar

I think you are misreading public opinion here. A few silly polls can say whatever they want. I have spent time in college towns in the midwest, tiny towns in upstate NY, and the most gentrified neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Universally, the average person opposes new housing in any neighborhood they've lived in for a long time. Go to any town in America, sit down at the bar, and ask about the newest development in town. They will not be happy about it. Look up any new construction and google "<name of town> <zoning>" and you will find a website of concerned citizens fighting any change tooth and nail. It seems to me YIMBY is only going to get more and more unpopular as it gains traction, and this really is a difficult issue for the "MY Theory of Change".

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Emily's avatar

In the abstract, I'm sure you can change the framing of these kinds of questions and get different answers. But when something is actually happening in your neighborhood, it's not abstract anymore and you're going to have an opinion about it based on the actual effect, or what you think the effect will be, not sticking it to whoever on the other side.

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