3720-To-One t1_ixjrh00 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 11:27 PM

Reply to comment by pillbinge in The lack of homes could strangle our life sciences industry: Why the concentration of biopharma in Cambridge and Boston would ratchet up costs, exacerbate the housing crisis, and pitch the region from its throne. by writethefuture3

Yes it is, dude. It’s selfish.

NIMBYs come up with all sorts of excuses as to why their precious little suburban should never have to change or adapt, or allow anything other than SFHs to get built.

Everyone thinks their little suburb is special and precious, and ordained by god.

And yes, they restrict new development because they think that it’s the local government’s job to artificially inflate the values of their homes.

And yes, most people living in suburbs work in the city.

Again, suburbs don’t exist in a vacuum.

But I get it, you’ve got all your NIMBY talking points down pat. Your suburb should never have to change.

“I got mine, fuck everybody else.”

There’s high demand to live in this state. The state needs to build more higher-density housing, INCLUDING in suburbs.

pillbinge t1_ixkxd5h wrote on November 24, 2022 at 5:24 AM

>Everyone thinks their little suburb is special and precious, and ordained by god.

You're going through something, and that's fine. But people are allowed to like their town without thinking it can only increase in importance if it becomes a part of something bigger that is already established.

The fact you think I'm a NIMBY is precisely what's throwing you off. I'm for more housing. I'd love that housing here. I can just look around at what's being built, how badly it's built, and how horribly it affects the areas around us to know that it isn't working. Your approach isn't working. We're basically trying it now, whenever a massive complex goes up.

>There’s high demand to live in this state. The state needs to build more higher-density housing, INCLUDING in suburbs.

Sounds like you think government exists to cater to people's needs in some sort of consumerist manner. I feel really bad for you. Especially when the demand to live in the area comes from the historic ignoring of other parts of the state. Real estate is far cheaper and abundant farther West. But sure, build up some of the densest towns in the entire country again.