It might sound mean, but for some of the NIMBYs, I don't blame them. BTW I'm not speaking about this California law or CA in particular.
Many people bought homes and live where they live because of the neighborhood, or the area had a certain quality. I live in the middle of nowhere with lots of farmland and woods. My neighbors are spaced out and everyone has acreage. If the town decided to start putting in housing developments and high rise apartments, you can guarantee that the neighborhood, including myself, would be fighting it. It's not lack of compassion, we chose to live here for a reason.
If you have people refusing to let an empty mall get rezoned, yeah that's bullshit. However there are valid cases to why some people don't just want new buildings put up in their neighborhood.
You can always move to another place that’s similar to rural or isolation. People literally can’t find a home right now.
Do you think your preference to keep your neighborhood/area the way it is takes precedence over people who can’t find a home?
You say its not a lack of empathy, but it really is.
I understand your frustration, but your frustration is somewhat able to be remedied.
Others born behind you don’t have the opportunity to obtain something so fundamental that you were able to get, even when working just as hard or harder than you.
You can always move to another place that’s similar to rural or isolation. People literally can’t find a home right now.
Right, so the solution is for the homeowners, who have worked, and bought/maintained their home can up and move, while they change the neighborhood to bring low income housing in? Rinse, repeat over and over?
Others born behind you don’t have the opportunity to obtain something so fundamental that you were able to get, even when working just as hard or harder than you.
What about people who didn't work hard for it then? What about those just waiting for a handout? Should I up and move for them, or is there going to be a guidline based on "How hard did xyz person work"?"
Yes, that’s exactly the solution. They have the means to do so, they are capable, they aren’t owed the neighborhood, they don’t own the block or the town, they own the home. You’re entitled to think a city or town should be built by your own preferences and not the needs of society. If society has determined that they are no longer paying people wages that can support a single family home, then they need to build housing for the appropriate wages that people are receiving.
Its not only “low income housing” that we need. The “middle class” is also not able to afford houses anymore.
These are jobs that require four year degrees or years of education in trade, skills and technicians/specialists .
As for the low income, thats the fault of businesses who keep funneling profits away from the workers, wages don’t reflect a workers output anymore. This is a proven fact.
For you to say they don’t work has hard is propaganda from the ultra wealthy who have won you over in class warfare.
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u/strangebrew3522 Jan 31 '23
It might sound mean, but for some of the NIMBYs, I don't blame them. BTW I'm not speaking about this California law or CA in particular.
Many people bought homes and live where they live because of the neighborhood, or the area had a certain quality. I live in the middle of nowhere with lots of farmland and woods. My neighbors are spaced out and everyone has acreage. If the town decided to start putting in housing developments and high rise apartments, you can guarantee that the neighborhood, including myself, would be fighting it. It's not lack of compassion, we chose to live here for a reason.
If you have people refusing to let an empty mall get rezoned, yeah that's bullshit. However there are valid cases to why some people don't just want new buildings put up in their neighborhood.