[deleted] OP t1_j58l70e wrote on January 21, 2023 at 4:03 AM

Reply to comment by throwawayyyycuk in Mayoral Race by [deleted]

I think she would have a real chance of winning, especially after Springfieldians voted overwhelmingly to destroy the development at Sequiota, which she led.

WendyArmbuster t1_j5b87ij wrote on January 21, 2023 at 7:05 PM

Yeah, this is a tough one. I wholeheartedly supported blocking building giant apartment buildings directly across from one of our nicest parks so that rich a-holes could get a front row view of it at the expense of everybody else. I absolutely, 100% of the time will oppose building more rental units, when what we need is more owner-occupied housing. Why is nobody building condos?

With that being said, there is a high likeyhood that I will probably oppose everything else that she stands for. I'm going to guess (but I don't know) that she will be opposed to the Lone Pine Bike Park for the same reasons that she was opposed to the apartments, and I support LPBP 100%. I don't know, and I should ask.

I generally disregard the opinions of anybody who uses the word NIMBY. It's such a cop-out, disregarding the nuance of city planning. "Oh, you don't want a sewer treatment facility next to your house? NIMBY! We need that sewer treatment facility for the betterment of our entire community!" Of course people are going to protect their own interests and look out for the quality of life in the places they've chosen to live. People who say NIMBY will also oppose gentrification, and those two ideas are often opposites of each other in practice. Talk about gentrification, look at what's happened to Galloway in the last 20 years.

As long as I'm complaining about people who use specific words and phrases, I'm going to add "patriot", "black ice", "kids these days", "in this day and age", and also to hell with anybody who drives a new Mustang or truck that has to have a hitch with a lowering extension. Also people who make lists of things they don't like on the internet.

throwawayyyycuk t1_j58m2jv wrote on January 21, 2023 at 4:11 AM

Oh, that’s awesome! Do you know why she was against it? I feel pretty conflicted about that whole thing.

[deleted] OP t1_j58mfjj wrote on January 21, 2023 at 4:14 AM

I don’t know all of the reasons, but I’ve heard it wasn’t about development in general, but about that specific location and what was being proposed and how it would impact the natural environment surrounding Sequiota. I understand that argument, protecting that specific spot because it is beautiful (despite the eyesore that is the quarry), but my concern is developing Springfield overall. I worry that the defeat experienced by the developer at Sequiota set a precedence for development across the city.

throwawayyyycuk t1_j58n1ww wrote on January 21, 2023 at 4:19 AM

Yeah, as far as I know development is kinda favoritized and the sequiota thing was no different. I would really like to see some affordable housing get attention in Springfield, I really hoped the enthusiasm for rejecting the sequiota development was rooted in the fact that they were going to be expensive and not just nimbyism

VaderTower t1_j590wom wrote on January 21, 2023 at 6:42 AM

The naysayers definitely didn't care about affordable housing or luxury housing.

Nimbyism is tough, if I lived next to it, I don't know that I'd be different. But overall we all have to take a look and ask what's good for the whole community.

Last point, affordable housing in the low income sense is a thing that exists well in Springfield. What we need, like everyone else, is blue collar/workforce housing. The problem is, there's just not grants out there promoting that. You can get up to 10% back from the government for affordable low income property construction, or you could make up the same money by building luxury. There's just no money in building average to basic apartments.

[deleted] OP t1_j58o5uy wrote on January 21, 2023 at 4:29 AM

You’re right. Springfield is such a fkd up place, but affordable housing is a beginning.

DaltonTanner1994 t1_j5a3gq4 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 2:25 PM

The problem is and I see this all over the country, there’s no more starter homes, I’m. It asking got a McMansion, but can they build more 150k starter homes that have the basic necessities that if needed I could renovate myself. It feels like developers are missing a huge market out there.

Miserable_Figure7876 t1_j5awnk0 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 5:49 PM

It's a problem all over the country, really. Springfield is actually better than a whole bunch of other places, like California, Austin TX, etc.