03-12-2022, 10:59 PM
(03-12-2022, 05:29 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(03-12-2022, 01:29 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: Not to defend this group of NIMBYS but: Where you see irony and hypocrisy in this sign, you can just as easily see the most experienced and affected individual on the matter.
No...NO...
The MOST affected and experienced individual on this matter is the person desperately trying to afford rent, or who is unable to afford rent.
Not some wealthy homeowner who objects to living near an apartment building.
I am always so frustrated by how invisible that group of people is treated.
You've misunderstand my argument. These people are protesting the development due to their perceived negative consequences of it. Unless you've completely blinded yourself with urbanist dogma, you must also understand that all change, whether net good or bad, is made up of positive and negative components.
Within the context of those protesting the negative consequences, I'm simply stating that the individual in your photo likely has one of the most valid arguments, not that least as you seemed to have implied.
I am not arguing in favour of blocking the development, nor that there is merit to the idea of the development being a net negative, nor denying that it's a necessity. I am also not arguing that the individual from your photo is the most experienced and affected by the housing crisis, as you've misinterpreted.