Hi Kevin! Sure! I guess I just meant, if the NIMBY's are against new housing supply, and the main issue (as I understand it so far) is a massive lack of housing supply, everywhere, which then affects the poorest groups and forces them to leave the cities those poor groups are in (gradually affecting culture, etc) doesn't that sort make the whole NIMBY movement a paradox/slightly ironic/even hypocritical? I totally understand I might be dismissing nuance here, so I mean no disrespect over all, I'm just being very literal!
Aren't NIMBY's wrong because: supply = demand?
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Hi Kevin! Sure! I guess I just meant, if the NIMBY's are against new housing supply, and the main issue (as I understand it so far) is a massive lack of housing supply, everywhere, which then affects the poorest groups and forces them to leave the cities those poor groups are in (gradually affecting culture, etc) doesn't that sort make the whole NIMBY movement a paradox/slightly ironic/even hypocritical? I totally understand I might be dismissing nuance here, so I mean no disrespect over all, I'm just being very literal!
Thank you!
Ah. Yes. I think you’re right. The costs of NIMBYism are larger than they first appear and extend beyond the finances.
Endlessly entertaining to see how deep blue areas consistently punish their constituents.