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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country. [/quote]

How is this ruining the country? Because people need to live in areas that comport with their affordability instead of the government trying to get everyone a prize at the expense of current homeowners? No one has a right to live in Arlington. It’s a very nice and expensive place.

I would love a house in Newport Beach. I can’t afford a $8M house so I don’t live there. [/quote]

because EVERYTHING that is a common good gets opposed by NIMBYs. Preschools, high schools, sidewalks, solar powed, waste treatment plants … [/quote]

The best thing for the common hood would be for people to understand that if you want something nice in this country you have to sacrifice and work your tail off.  In an era of student loan forgiveness, free housing for illegal immigrants, and countless other government giveaways it’s gotten totally out of control.  [/quote]

This is why there is a huge disconnect with some liberals in Arlington, extremely socially liberal, but also believe what you said above that you should work hard to get to where you are and should enjoy the benefits of that hard work.  They’re happy to donate their hard earned money to those less fortunate, but don’t want them living next-door. [/quote]

It’s not surprising that a generation of young people who grew up getting participation trophies would have no shame in thinking they deserve to live in close-in high income neighborhoods.  The lack of self awareness is galling. [/quote]

Devils advocate, why does someone who can’t afford it think they should “deserve” to live in a particular neighborhood? [/quote]

They were raised as upper middle class kids by boomer parents who worked hard to accomplish a good life for them. Many were in the first generation to earn college degrees and ground through college on the GI bill or through night school, including law school.  They wanted their kids to have what they missed and encouraged them to follow their passions. The kids did so but the passion does not pay enough to have the kind of life they had as a kid.  [/quote]

This is so true. Yimbys are a bunch of people with useless degrees and too much student loan debt that made bad life decisions. [/quote]

there’s nothing more pathetic than an old boomer refusing to change and holding on to his broke down ratty SFH with no sidewalk as if it were Versailles. 
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DP. This comment shows the entitlement and disdain YIMBYs have for working and middle class SFH homeowners, suggesting that our modest homes are unworthy of existing and are just “tear downs”. For so many of us, this home is our dwelling and an investment in our now and our future. It took us years - for some, decades - to save for these homes. And yet YIMBYs not only mock our homes but demand they have instant access to homes without any of the hard work it takes to save for one.

So much for the YIMBY concern for the middle classes …. The same homeowners the PP mocks above.[/quote]

YIMBYs and Density Bros are openly ageist, mocking people as the “Olds”, and dismissing their mobility challenges which require driving.  I’ve seen long time residents dismissed with “why don’t you move to Leisure World”?[/quote]

To be fair, many of the "Olds" have mobility challenges because they live in SFHs and drive everywhere. Maybe if they had actually used their legs at any point in the last 50 years, they wouldn't have mobility challenges. And maybe, just maybe, we should stop consigning future generations do early disability by automobile? [/quote]

You are absolutely ridiculous and hate elderly people. Are you going to blame them for having dementia and cancer next? Arlington is one of the healthiest county’s in the US and it has a life expectancy more 6 six years longer than the US average that is comparable to Japan. People living here take very good care of their health and you should not be victim blaming people for age-related disabilities. [/quote]

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