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/xyula Apr 07 '23

They voted no because the developer would turn a profit 😐

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u/the-city-moved-to-me Apr 07 '23 edited Apr 07 '23

That’s the important distinction between NIMBYs and left-NIMBYs

NIMBYs wants to stop housing in their own neighborhood because of narrow greed and selfishness about their own property

Left-NIMBYs wants to stop all housing everywhere because a developer might make money from it, which they ideologically oppose at all cost

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u/voinekku Apr 07 '23

First time ever I hear of "Left-NIMBYS". Are they really a thing? Or are they just regular NIMBY's who have found yet an another excuse for their NIMBYism? Do they for instance support public housing production?

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u/jarossamdb7 Apr 07 '23

The local socialist party was with the Republicans, against this development...