Nostalgia and NIMBYism
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"This post is a guest piece I got to write for Addison Del Mastro at The Deleted Scenes. Addison had a few recent posts about the relationship between NIMBYism and Nostalgia that immediately resonated for me, and I had a few thoughts to add to the conversation. I'm cross-posting this for my subscribers who don't follow Addison. His newsletter is a great source of daily food for thought, and I've really enjoyed following it over the past few years, so getting to share a piece there was a treat. If you haven't seen it before I highly recommend checking it out."
Today’s piece is a guest piece from fellow urbanist writer Andrew Burleson. I don’t think that Andrew’s argument here is an entire solution, just as he argues, in response to a recent piece of mine, that my original argument does not capture the whole story. There is probably no single answer to the question of preempting NIMBYism or arguing people out …
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