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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wasn't a 'yimby' until I saw the hell by neighbor had to go to replace his deck that was built in ~1970. Another neighbor made it his life work to prevent that from happening.

IT WAS A LITTLE DECK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

I think the reaction 'nimbys' get is since they've really started overreaching.[/quote]

Speaking of decks, the Bowser Administration is forcing Rodman’s on Wisconsin Ave. to dismantle an outdoor platform that was installed outside this independent, family-owned business that has served NW Washington for sixty years or so.  At the same time, the DC government is happy to see unregulated, ratty streeteries remain, even in Wisconsin Ave. and also seems to jump through hoops whenever a large chain wants some government favor.  Some speculate that the Bowser Administration at the behest of interested developers would just as well see Rodman’s forced to close so that the site can be developed for “vibrant, dense-mixed use.”[/quote]

I heard the problem with the platform was that they didn't have a permit for it (and maybe it wasn't a permissible use, not sure). I live close by and had no problem with whatever they were planning to do there. Your speculation about someone forcing Rodman's to close as a favor to developers notwithstanding, objecting to something like a deck is usually the sort of thing that's associated with NIMBY positions in urban politics.

Personally, I would prefer changing exclusionary zoning and allowing people to build more densely in neighborhoods like mine, but I'd also strongly favor city-built affordable housing in wealthy neighborhoods rather than having developers build small amounts of it at a profit here and there. I think if you had to categorize that position, it'd be broadly YIMBY, but since everyone here is convinced anyone who wants to change the current land-use policies in D.C. is also a stalking horse for developers, I don't know that I'd fit there, since if it were up to me, building housing wouldn't be something that the market was primarily in charge of.[/quote]

Any developer would view Rodman's as a local amenity, and highlight it in their sales brochures anyway.  Even if the parcel were redeveloped, I predict Rodman's stays.[/quote]

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