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redcap on Nov 13, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Anti-NIMBY movement is winning with a simple messa...

You realize the NIMBYs have had the law changed for their benefit? Why did that need government intervention?

Spivak on Nov 13, 2017 [–]

Because governments everywhere are typically sympathetic to developments that hurt property values.

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