Bloomberg: NIMBYism Growing in the South

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In so doing, they'll ironically go the way of California.

California NIMBYs don't have much power any more.

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In so doing, they'll ironically go the way of California.

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And they’ll be paying California-level taxes. Developments like these are terrible at generating the tax revenue needed to repair roads and sustain social services. This has been a problem as long as the suburbs have been a thing in America. Sad that we don’t learn from the lessons of our past.

Prop. 13 is why old housing is such a money loser for governments.

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Meanwhile in California, NIMBYs lost pretty badly, so it seems to be largely YIMBYs arguing with themselves about this new plan.

https://sfstandard.com/2024/06/21/california-forever-east-solano-plan-yimby/