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You perfectly describe the Nimby mindset.

> I like the idea of walking 15 minutes to get all the things.

But

>Heck I'd be annoyed if someone decides "Sorry we're rezoning / creating an incentive to build a restaurant in the plot next to you, not enough restaurants nearby. Good luck..."

>But man when I think of the costs involved in making sure there is a High School (in the US they tend to be large and draw from a distance) within 15 minutes of everywhere (no small cost to drop in a high school somewhere), or plop down a grocery store in a neighborhood ... that sounds both super expensive and politically difficult, and for some good reasons.

Even has the weak "what about the costs" argument.




I feel like people wield around “NIMBY” labels so that they don’t have to think about how to plan things.


Keep telling yourself that's the reason you don't want a high density development in your neighborhood. Because "planning"




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