Mack Paul, an attorney involved in local development issues, responds: “You gave voice to a variety of perspectives. Concluding it with Richard Florida was perfect. It has been frustrating to watch (and participate) in development discussions, especially over affordable housing. The NIMBY/YIMBY dichotomy needs to give way to something more productive.”
Joe Whitehouse, the VP of Kisco Senior Living, says the story “touched on so many of the issues that many of us are speaking about these days.” He points out that when the city passed its unified development ordinance, it changed “the ability to build senior housing in many neighborhood zoning districts. A text amendment was taken before the council to rescind this change, and it was sad, but there was a large opposition to it. The final text amendment was able to get some of this back, but not all. It was amazing to hear all the complaints about how a senior housing project would be detrimental to a neighborhood, including—and unbelievably—‘ambulance sirens’ that would disturb the neighbors.”
On Twitter, @wayfarer1635 calls the story “required reading for all affordable housing advocates …. Seriously, this is excellent journalism. The article acknowledges the easy categories these types of stories try to lump folks into and then pivots to paint a nuanced and detailed picture that informs voters ahead of a critical municipal election.”
“Getting rid of single-family zoning can accomplish only so much,” argues @ccengct. “Most of the city’s suburbs have restrictive covenants that the city cannot undo.”
“Things are rarely either/or,” tweets @stephlormand. “I can appreciate the need for South Park and College Park to protect their neighborhood’s character while simultaneously being annoyed by North Raleigh’s NIMBYism.”
“While NIMBY vs. YIMBY may be reductive, so is categorizing these efforts as only progressive vs. conservative,” writes @JHillVA. “Zainab Baloch is a prime example of someone that doesn’t even understand what type of people do or don’t support these efforts. Regardless, the people there now need to be replaced.”
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Last week, Leigh Tauss dug into the divide on growth and density issues among Raleigh’s self-identified progressives.
Mack Paul, an attorney involved in local development issues, responds: “You gave voice to a variety of perspectives. Concluding it with Richard Florida was perfect. It has been frustrating to watch (and participate) in development discussions, especially over affordable housing. The NIMBY/YIMBY dichotomy needs to give way to something more productive.”
Joe Whitehouse, the VP of Kisco Senior Living, says the story “touched on so many of the issues that many of us are speaking about these days.” He points out that when the city passed its unified development ordinance, it changed “the ability to build senior housing in many neighborhood zoning districts. A text amendment was taken before the council to rescind this change, and it was sad, but there was a large opposition to it. The final text amendment was able to get some of this back, but not all. It was amazing to hear all the complaints about how a senior housing project would be detrimental to a neighborhood, including—and unbelievably—‘ambulance sirens’ that would disturb the neighbors.”
On Twitter, @wayfarer1635 calls the story “required reading for all affordable housing advocates …. Seriously, this is excellent journalism. The article acknowledges the easy categories these types of stories try to lump folks into and then pivots to paint a nuanced and detailed picture that informs voters ahead of a critical municipal election.”
“Getting rid of single-family zoning can accomplish only so much,” argues @ccengct. “Most of the city’s suburbs have restrictive covenants that the city cannot undo.”
“Things are rarely either/or,” tweets @stephlormand. “I can appreciate the need for South Park and College Park to protect their neighborhood’s character while simultaneously being annoyed by North Raleigh’s NIMBYism.”
“While NIMBY vs. YIMBY may be reductive, so is categorizing these efforts as only progressive vs. conservative,” writes @JHillVA. “Zainab Baloch is a prime example of someone that doesn’t even understand what type of people do or don’t support these efforts. Regardless, the people there now need to be replaced.”
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