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pydry on May 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: WTF Happened in 1971?

Detaxing land (e.g. prop 13) deliberately created incentives to inhibit higher density housing. This plus growing wealth inequality kicked off the NIMBY revolution.

throwaway0a5e on May 23, 2022 [–]

Don't forget zoning and environmentalism. If it weren't for those two tools NIMBY would be a lot less effective.

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