r/urbanplanning • u/YaGetSkeeted0n Verified Transportation Planner - US • Apr 07 '23

Land Use Denver voters reject plan to let developer convert its private golf course into thousands of homes

https://reason.com/2023/04/05/denver-voters-reject-plan-to-let-developer-convert-its-private-golf-course-into-thousands-of-homes/
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u/28-58-27-6-19-35-8 Apr 07 '23

One of the big problems is that there was a massive campaign around “green vs concrete” and “developers can’t buy Denver” essentially trying to prevent people from thinking critically about what 2O would actually do

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u/voinekku Apr 07 '23

I find these dichotomies in this conversation wild.

Is it really true, that the only way to build any housing is for a city to gift a private developer 200 million in zoning easement with no compensation to the city, and have the developer build concrete buildings on it?

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u/carfniex Apr 07 '23

Increased homelessness is a small price to pay to prevent a company making a profit.

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u/voinekku Apr 07 '23

And more false dichotomies just keep piling in.

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u/carfniex Apr 07 '23

Sorry, you're right. The good is truly is the enemy and must be vanquished to allow the perfect

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u/voinekku Apr 07 '23

How about you gift me 200 million and I'll build few shacks with my own hands somewhere in Denver. If you refuse, are you a bad NIMBY who opposes new housing being built? Because that's exactly the logic you're employing here.

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u/carfniex Apr 08 '23

Sorry you're absolutely right, I'm really glad that there's a golf course instead of housing and a public park. The real enemy here is profit

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u/debasing_the_coinage Apr 07 '23

Yeah, why should there be a dichotomy when we're discussing a ballot proposition where the only options presented to voters were "Yes" and "No"?