AJ Sadauskas on Nostr: #[0] There are some really important points made in this article. A big one is about ...
npub1j2u9eh82htfgwjhkr2p8ezpkvpwgnkza8qh3q906569lsln7fmrsjwc034 (npub1j2u…c034) There are some really important points made in this article.
A big one is about the hypocrisy of people who claim to support refugees, yet embrace NIMBYism to oppose the housing policies that would give refugees a place to live.
It's certainly a common issue in some of the inner suburbs of Melbourne and Sydney:
"My city’s prohibitive housing costs flow, in part, from the district’s infamous war against new construction. Much of D.C. is off-limits for new development, thanks to widespread single-family zoning, berserk historical-preservation rules, and a long-standing aversion to taller buildings, which stems from both federal law and local rules. If the city’s housing policies are so broken that the federal government has to explicitly tell immigrants to find somewhere else to live, then signage welcoming refugees is both futile and hypocritical. The same neighborhoods saying yes to refugees in their front yard are supporting policies in their backyard that say no to refugees."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/front-yard-placards-nimby-dei-refugees/673706/
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A big one is about the hypocrisy of people who claim to support refugees, yet embrace NIMBYism to oppose the housing policies that would give refugees a place to live.
It's certainly a common issue in some of the inner suburbs of Melbourne and Sydney:
"My city’s prohibitive housing costs flow, in part, from the district’s infamous war against new construction. Much of D.C. is off-limits for new development, thanks to widespread single-family zoning, berserk historical-preservation rules, and a long-standing aversion to taller buildings, which stems from both federal law and local rules. If the city’s housing policies are so broken that the federal government has to explicitly tell immigrants to find somewhere else to live, then signage welcoming refugees is both futile and hypocritical. The same neighborhoods saying yes to refugees in their front yard are supporting policies in their backyard that say no to refugees."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/front-yard-placards-nimby-dei-refugees/673706/
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