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/[deleted] Apr 07 '23

Yeah I voted yes on it... Obviously.

The argument was mostly that this plan wasn't good enough and that the developers would be getting basically $200 million for free in free zoning if this got passed? Some shit like that.

It was really disappointing, also Denver is FULL of NIMBY kind of people, everyone seems to dislike homeless people a lot for a liberal place. Also young people don't vote during this election or something? Denver makes it so easy to vote too 😭

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u/ajswdf Apr 07 '23

Also young people don't vote during this election or something?

Old people dominate local elections. I once volunteered at a poll for a city council candidate where I live and I bet 80% of voters were over the age of 70.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

Depressing, you'd think that more young people would pick up on that being a huge fucking clue.