Speculators and Affordability, not NIMBY and YIMBY
The NIBMY/YIMBY discourse around housing is unhelpful. A better frame is speculators versus affordability.
The discussion of housing in San Francisco remains mired in the inane polarized labeling of NIMBY and YIMBY. Neither of these terms are accurate and both obscure much of the nuance around a debate that is about much more than whether or not to build more housing.
Most so-called NIMBYs are for some housing, particularly affordable housing, but less enamor…
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