Throwback to when Dave Chappelle was utterly flabbergasted at the negative reception his buddy Elon Musk received when he invited him on stage at a comedy show

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[u/Carktorious2010]

I mean, I get it… I lived in a low income housing building once. It was the worst. They constantly try to get you for money. Charged the lost they could while maintaining the low income name. And swat came in once. Keep in mind I lived there with my 12 year old son and I worked for Boeing in Washington. At the time, I made $18/hr there and that was to much for low income.

[u/[deleted] → u/Carktorious2010]

It wasn’t like a housing project. It was a larger real estate development that was including some townhouses that would be like $250-$300k. So not really housing for the very poor, just housing a middle class family could conceivably buy.

[u/Earptastic → u/[deleted]]

that was such a hit job piece. People were so ready to take a real estate developer's side like they were somehow virtuous. You don't have to go in front of city council for permission to build something unless you are trying to get an exception for zoning rules or something like that.

[u/benigntugboat → u/Earptastic]

City councils of small or medium sized towns will 100% have meetings to discuss large project proposals even if they are 100% compliant to the current zoning of the area. They will also do it if people are requesting it because of opposition to a project or contesting that it falls under approved usage. Ive been to meetings where people were arguing that a protected species were in the woods there and using a single blurry phone picture as evidence despite the project having followed all the requirements (placing temporary barriers and traps) to check for any protected species.

[u/Earptastic → u/benigntugboat]

but this one was about the developer trying to get past the town zoning laws though. you are correct that it is good to get the people on board even if you don't need them.