ken81987 OP t1_j5b8e9a wrote
Reply to comment by hbp_burnerphone in New York State Joins the YIMBY Fray by ken81987
>the people who put onerous restrictions on development imagine they are fighting for "the people" but what "the people" want is $500/mo rent.
It's a quagmire. We need more housing, but people who are well below affording market rates know that no matter what is built, the situation is too far gone to help them. So it ends up being in their interest to just avoid more changes in general.
According_Surround_7 t1_j5cc9yx wrote
This is fine as long as those people don't have children because those children will have nowhere to live
Pool_Shark t1_j5fd4zu wrote
Population in NY is shrinking they’ll be okay
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