What do you think of YIMBYs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's telling how many of the loudest pro development YIMBYS are employed by or own development companies. SO there is a massive conflict of self interest behind all these "build, build, build" plans, skirted by a supposed love of urbanization and upzoning.

Anything but believe that people are sincere in their advocacy, I guess.

You might be sincere in your advocacy, but it’s interesting how few of you are concerned about being stooges for developers.

OR just maybe, it is developers who build affordable housing, it is developers who build infil, and we want it to look good, or it is developers who adaptively reuse historic buildings, and we want to support their efforts to make sure our heritage is protected sensitively.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's telling how many of the loudest pro development YIMBYS are employed by or own development companies. SO there is a massive conflict of self interest behind all these "build, build, build" plans, skirted by a supposed love of urbanization and upzoning.

Anything but believe that people are sincere in their advocacy, I guess.

You might be sincere in your advocacy, but it’s interesting how few of you are concerned about being stooges for developers.

OR just maybe, it is developers who build affordable housing, it is developers who build infil, and we want it to look good, or it is developers who adaptively reuse historic buildings, and we want to support their efforts to make sure our heritage is protected sensitively.

It's developers who built the housing the complaining-about-YIMBYs PP lives in.

[Anonymous]

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If you want to live in New York City, go live in New York City. I like that DC is actually livable. I'd be happy if fewer people lived here. Everyone doesnt have to live in the same place. It's a big country. Lots of places will pay you to move there. West Virginia is paying people $12,000 to move there.

Um.

There are a lot of great places in this country to live with lower housing costs.

Maybe the PP who thinks too many people live in DC should move to one of those places.

Or maybe the people who think DC is too expensive should move somewhere that's more within their budgets?

Well, that's the "DC, love it or leave it" approach, which actually also applies to you. One part of DC is people advocating for more housing in your neighborhood. If you don't love that, then you can move somewhere where there aren't people doing that.

This is some curious logic. So if I'm happy with how DC is, then I should leave? And the people who aren't happy with how DC is -- they should stay?

You sure don't sound happy with how DC is.

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If you want to live in New York City, go live in New York City. I like that DC is actually livable. I'd be happy if fewer people lived here. Everyone doesnt have to live in the same place. It's a big country. Lots of places will pay you to move there. West Virginia is paying people $12,000 to move there.

Um.

There are a lot of great places in this country to live with lower housing costs.

Maybe the PP who thinks too many people live in DC should move to one of those places.

Or maybe the people who think DC is too expensive should move somewhere that's more within their budgets?

Well, that's the "DC, love it or leave it" approach, which actually also applies to you. One part of DC is people advocating for more housing in your neighborhood. If you don't love that, then you can move somewhere where there aren't people doing that.

This is some curious logic. So if I'm happy with how DC is, then I should leave? And the people who aren't happy with how DC is -- they should stay?

You sure don't sound happy with how DC is.

You are bad at arguing.

[Anonymous]

I just don't get it. There are literally neighborhoods for every interest/type people want in the city. You can live among big apartment buildings (NOMA), fourplexes (Trinidad/Ivy City), row houses (everywhere), and single family homes (AU Park, Chevy Chase, Palisades). Why on earth would you move to one neighborhood and demand that it is remade into another neighborhood type than just moving to that other neighborhood? There are so many options at your disposal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just don't get it. There are literally neighborhoods for every interest/type people want in the city. You can live among big apartment buildings (NOMA), fourplexes (Trinidad/Ivy City), row houses (everywhere), and single family homes (AU Park, Chevy Chase, Palisades). Why on earth would you move to one neighborhood and demand that it is remade into another neighborhood type than just moving to that other neighborhood? There are so many options at your disposal.

When you decided where to live, did you say, "I want to live in [housing type], I don't care where!"?

Or did you say, "I want to live in [area]."?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don't get it. There are literally neighborhoods for every interest/type people want in the city. You can live among big apartment buildings (NOMA), fourplexes (Trinidad/Ivy City), row houses (everywhere), and single family homes (AU Park, Chevy Chase, Palisades). Why on earth would you move to one neighborhood and demand that it is remade into another neighborhood type than just moving to that other neighborhood? There are so many options at your disposal.

When you decided where to live, did you say, "I want to live in [housing type], I don't care where!"?

Or did you say, "I want to live in [area]."?

Huh? This makes no sense. I actually have to turn the question back on you. What attracts you to a neighborhood and what qualities are important to you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don't get it. There are literally neighborhoods for every interest/type people want in the city. You can live among big apartment buildings (NOMA), fourplexes (Trinidad/Ivy City), row houses (everywhere), and single family homes (AU Park, Chevy Chase, Palisades). Why on earth would you move to one neighborhood and demand that it is remade into another neighborhood type than just moving to that other neighborhood? There are so many options at your disposal.

When you decided where to live, did you say, "I want to live in [housing type], I don't care where!"?

Or did you say, "I want to live in [area]."?

Huh? This makes no sense. I actually have to turn the question back on you. What attracts you to a neighborhood and what qualities are important to you?

It makes a lot more sense than "If you want to live in a fourplex, you should have to move to Trinidad; if you want to live in a big apartment building, you should have to move to NoMA; if you want to live in AU Park, you should only get to do so if you can afford a single-family-detached house."

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Anonymous wrote:I just don't get it. There are literally neighborhoods for every interest/type people want in the city. You can live among big apartment buildings (NOMA), fourplexes (Trinidad/Ivy City), row houses (everywhere), and single family homes (AU Park, Chevy Chase, Palisades). Why on earth would you move to one neighborhood and demand that it is remade into another neighborhood type than just moving to that other neighborhood? There are so many options at your disposal.

When you decided where to live, did you say, "I want to live in [housing type], I don't care where!"?

Or did you say, "I want to live in [area]."?

Huh? This makes no sense. I actually have to turn the question back on you. What attracts you to a neighborhood and what qualities are important to you?

It makes a lot more sense than "If you want to live in a fourplex, you should have to move to Trinidad; if you want to live in a big apartment building, you should have to move to NoMA; if you want to live in AU Park, you should only get to do so if you can afford a single-family-detached house."

DP. No it doesn’t. If you want to live in a specific type of residence, you should look to where there are lots of that kind of residences. That’s your best bet at finding that kind of residence. And the people who live in the neighborhood with those kinds of residences probably also like living in a neighborhood with those kinds of residences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don't get it. There are literally neighborhoods for every interest/type people want in the city. You can live among big apartment buildings (NOMA), fourplexes (Trinidad/Ivy City), row houses (everywhere), and single family homes (AU Park, Chevy Chase, Palisades). Why on earth would you move to one neighborhood and demand that it is remade into another neighborhood type than just moving to that other neighborhood? There are so many options at your disposal.

When you decided where to live, did you say, "I want to live in [housing type], I don't care where!"?

Or did you say, "I want to live in [area]."?

Huh? This makes no sense. I actually have to turn the question back on you. What attracts you to a neighborhood and what qualities are important to you?

It makes a lot more sense than "If you want to live in a fourplex, you should have to move to Trinidad; if you want to live in a big apartment building, you should have to move to NoMA; if you want to live in AU Park, you should only get to do so if you can afford a single-family-detached house."

DP. No it doesn’t. If you want to live in a specific type of residence, you should look to where there are lots of that kind of residences. That’s your best bet at finding that kind of residence. And the people who live in the neighborhood with those kinds of residences probably also like living in a neighborhood with those kinds of residences.

Do you think that people are saying, "I want to live in a fourplex!" or do you think people are saying, "I want to live in [the area where the PP keeps complaining about YIMBYs]"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just don't get it. There are literally neighborhoods for every interest/type people want in the city. You can live among big apartment buildings (NOMA), fourplexes (Trinidad/Ivy City), row houses (everywhere), and single family homes (AU Park, Chevy Chase, Palisades). Why on earth would you move to one neighborhood and demand that it is remade into another neighborhood type than just moving to that other neighborhood? There are so many options at your disposal.

When you decided where to live, did you say, "I want to live in [housing type], I don't care where!"?

Or did you say, "I want to live in [area]."?

Huh? This makes no sense. I actually have to turn the question back on you. What attracts you to a neighborhood and what qualities are important to you?

It makes a lot more sense than "If you want to live in a fourplex, you should have to move to Trinidad; if you want to live in a big apartment building, you should have to move to NoMA; if you want to live in AU Park, you should only get to do so if you can afford a single-family-detached house."

DP. No it doesn’t. If you want to live in a specific type of residence, you should look to where there are lots of that kind of residences. That’s your best bet at finding that kind of residence. And the people who live in the neighborhood with those kinds of residences probably also like living in a neighborhood with those kinds of residences.

Do you think that people are saying, "I want to live in a fourplex!" or do you think people are saying, "I want to live in [the area where the PP keeps complaining about YIMBYs]"?

The qualities that make these different neighborhoods appealing to different groups are closely tied to their predominant housing/development type.

[Anonymous]

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The qualities that make these different neighborhoods appealing to different groups are closely tied to their predominant housing/development type.

This statement is self-evidently false as a general statement, although it may be true for you personally.

[Anonymous]

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The qualities that make these different neighborhoods appealing to different groups are closely tied to their predominant housing/development type.

This statement is self-evidently false as a general statement, although it may be true for you personally.

You people are thick. Jesus.

[Anonymous]

Seriously.

Bottom line, we need more housing in DC and particularly affordable housing. It needs to go in everywhere before it will require more than a million dollars to live here and ALL of our frontline workers and first responders have to live in WVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously.

Bottom line, we need more housing in DC and particularly affordable housing. It needs to go in everywhere before it will require more than a million dollars to live here and ALL of our frontline workers and first responders have to live in WVA.

Bottom line is that it does not require 1 million dollars to live here, you can buy a house right now in Hyattsville or College Park at very affordable prices. Furthermore, a lot of people that work in our area actually choose to live in West Virginia by choice because they like it there.

The one defining feature of YIMBYs continues to be that belief that everyone wants what they want. Guess what, people can want different things and that is absolutely okay!