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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][twitter]https://twitter.com/Henry_White1996/status/1734957448945946717[/twitter][/quote]

lol. never thought I’d see the day but indeed. Nimby power, activate! [/quote]

What’s more interesting is to see the YIMBYs against this. I would be careful making this a standard YIMBY/NIMBY issue.

But it is kind of amazing to watch the ALX YIMBYs get frazzled when it happens in THEIR backyard. [/quote]

Having a few more neighbors is different than thousands of new people clogging up your streets and parking spaces. [/quote]

Yes, I get that. It’s amazing how your views change when a proposal impacts your home and neighborhood. [/quote]

If it’s not your BY then YIMBY/NIMBY is irrelevant. 
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Nope, not true. YIMBYs frequently tell NIMBYs that they have no say over what happens in their backyard.

Also YIMBY means yes in my backyard. Meaning you are a YES for it happening in your backyard. [/quote]

They are a yes for it happening in their own backyard. 
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Except they are not in this case. I watched several fairly prolific or self-professed YIMBYs either express skepticism or outright objections to this proposal.

In other words, they were YIMBYs until it happened in their backyard. And the defense is that this isn’t something they signed up for - except isn’t that always the case with NIMBYs?

So my broader point is that it’s easy to be a YIMBY when the proposal does not impact you. Most people are actually NIMBYs under the right circumstances. [/quote]

You can be a YIMBY to denser housing, mixed use development, more transit options, the new Virginia Tech campus….but still oppose an arena that’s going to bring in a massive amount of traffic on roads that are already too small for today.

YIMBYs don’t have to say “Yes” to every horrible idea. [/quote]

Listen, our parking and roads are for everyone, per the city. Parking and traffic congestion on smaller roads are not an objection, as we learned during the zoning debate.

Also this proposal is theoretically likely to spurn denser housing (and maybe more contributions to our affordable housing fund), result in $200M for transit, and higher quality mixed use development. [/quote]

You’re equating adding a few new neighbors with THOUSANDS of workers and spectators? 
 :roll: [/quote]

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