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NIMBY

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The 'Not In My Back Yard' attitude discussed in relation to section 8 housing and multi-family housing creating neighborhood problems despite progressive beliefs about affordable housing.

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"I am halfway down this pipeline. Most of you are two thirds of the way down. This subreddit is a space for formerly artistic contrarian girlies to complain about how "kids these days" dress and to advocate for banning porn, gambling, and marijuana."
"My issue after living here: Multi-family housing and section 8. This really sucks because having lived in LA county for quite a while now, I know the importance of housing, and I certainly know that it's generally too expensive for most people - especially immigrants and older people. What makes it "
I Think I'm Becoming a NIMBY · nietzscheistired · ↑81 · 2022-09-27
"listening to NPR while driving through the dreary late-October wooded hills of NIMBY suburbs. Even if I'm just LARPing and I'm still broke, it's a pleasant fantasy aspiring to this level: University-town, fancy lattes, wealthy but somehow immunized to the decadences and evils of the truly rich."
I've given in, the upper-middle class liberal normies had it right all along · u/ResponsiveSignature · ↑778 · 2023-10-26
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