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“I personally interpret NIMBYism to be those who argue we need a particular type of development, but that it should go in someone else's neighborhood.“

Let’s see, GGW has advocated massive increases in heights and density in many neighborhoods throughout the Washington area, dismissing real concerns of residents of those neighborhoods as NIMBYism, but where did GGW buy a house? In a neighborhood that several has layers of protection against large increases in height and density: in a moderate density residential zone in a historic district with a zoning overlay that has a strict cap on the heights and densities allowed -- even with a planned unit development.

IMHO, these protections are very appropriate for GGW’s neighborhood, but are also very appropriate for the many other neighborhoods where GGW advocates massive increases in height and density, far beyond that which is appropriate to those areas.

Looking at the many, many times that the term NIMBY has been used in this blog, it seems that in nearly every instance it is used as a pejorative and to dismiss real concerns that GGW does not understand, or did not make the effort to even hear/read, and to stereotype anyone who does not agree with GGW’s vision of urban renewal, to replace the existing real urban neighborhoods that have developed over time with cookie-cutter mixed use developments following suburban-style form-based codes.

by Where are the NIMBYs? on Oct 14, 2008 2:12 pm • link • report