That is obviously too reductive. I liked to think of myself as a YIMBY. When they wanted to build two 17 story apartment buildings in my neighbourhood I thought it sounded like a great idea, even though they would be much taller than any existing buildings there. Whenever anybody suggests tearing down some old buildings in a certain 'historic' (or dilapidated as some might say) part of my town and building actually useful housing there, I'm all for it. But when I found out that the city had plans to bulldoze this one park and playground I took my daughter to almost every day, and build student housing there, I quickly realised that I was also quite the NIMBY when things are happening in my actual back yard.
The city had to bulldoze the park, because it was probably the only piece of public property it could acquire. It is a response to NIMBYs leaving them no option. If the city could buy 4 adjacent SFH lots and build a tower on it, then parks wouldn't need to be destroyed.
YIMBYism doesn't mean bad urban design. It means more options. Manhattan has plenty of walkable parks. Clearly density and parks aren't at odds with each other.
The fact that the city had to build a massive out-of-proportion tower for students means there was long term unmet demand in the neighborhood.
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make (metaphorically) violent revolution inevitable." -jfk
dagw|1 year ago
screye|1 year ago
The city had to bulldoze the park, because it was probably the only piece of public property it could acquire. It is a response to NIMBYs leaving them no option. If the city could buy 4 adjacent SFH lots and build a tower on it, then parks wouldn't need to be destroyed.
YIMBYism doesn't mean bad urban design. It means more options. Manhattan has plenty of walkable parks. Clearly density and parks aren't at odds with each other.
The fact that the city had to build a massive out-of-proportion tower for students means there was long term unmet demand in the neighborhood.
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make (metaphorically) violent revolution inevitable." -jfk