progressive candidates who support rewriting zoning laws to allow for lower income housing, multifamily apartments etc. in wealthier neighborhoods. From an urban planning/public policy perspective research shows that funding for affordable housing, vouchers, and credits often create and/or perpetuate pockets of poverty in high crime areas. By building affordable housing in "good" neighborhoods, and bumping up the value of credits/vouchers you give people an opportunity to disburse, get away from crime, and break up high crime areas. The natural question that follows is won't they just bring the crime with them. The research on that is a little muddy, but it certainly isn't clear that they do bring crime. I would say the research trends closer to people not bringing crime with them.
So I cannot stand AOC but I think she is right on this front. The question that follows is indeed YESimby or NOimby? If you live in a nice middle/upper class neighborhood how would you feel to see multifamily units being built at the park at the end of your block? And again they aren't going to be high rise projects, that model has long been established to not work, but they would certainly be 4/6/8 unit flats/etc.
Sort of unrelated but my favorite part of So Fla to go out is Delray at Atlantic. Delray has great beaches/restaurants, beautiful neighborhoods, perfect spot to me in So Fla. Years ago they became the mecca for druggies and drunks to go to rehab. It was a real boon for the addiction community. Unfortunately/Fortunately many of these folks realized that Delray is a hell of a lot better place to live than most other places in the country so when they get "released" back into the wild they tend to stay. Many relapse. So it's become this gorgeous, idyllic community with the walking dead wandering around storefronts, passed out on sidewalks. For years it's become the ultimate YIMBY/NIMBY fight. Historically rehab centers, methadone clinics, etc. were in poorer neighborhoods or heavily urban areas. Mixing it in with wealthier areas has been an interesting thing to observe.
I didn't mean to imply that druggies and poor people are related; I rather intended to state that the idea of AOC, and in Delray, is to integrate communities. So Fla is an exceptionally interesting place. There's wealth that only a few parts of the country can match. But it's set up like a snow globe. You can go from abject poverty to 75 million dollar homes owned by Sheiks in less than half a mile. Saint Louis isn't that way at all. Wealth is heavily segregated. I suspect that's the case in most areas.
Anyway, hungover so a bit of a disjointed post, but looking to the future I do believe that the far left really is now the Democratic party. I think it will become more and more progressive. And at least anecdotally I believe that comports with the younger generations. Society may be changing in the decades to come toward greater integration. We've heard stay-at-home Pete mention it often with infrastructure and highways and racial divides. There's a shortage of housing and, in particular affordable housing, maybe it'll be coming to your hood....
So I cannot stand AOC but I think she is right on this front. The question that follows is indeed YESimby or NOimby? If you live in a nice middle/upper class neighborhood how would you feel to see multifamily units being built at the park at the end of your block? And again they aren't going to be high rise projects, that model has long been established to not work, but they would certainly be 4/6/8 unit flats/etc.
Sort of unrelated but my favorite part of So Fla to go out is Delray at Atlantic. Delray has great beaches/restaurants, beautiful neighborhoods, perfect spot to me in So Fla. Years ago they became the mecca for druggies and drunks to go to rehab. It was a real boon for the addiction community. Unfortunately/Fortunately many of these folks realized that Delray is a hell of a lot better place to live than most other places in the country so when they get "released" back into the wild they tend to stay. Many relapse. So it's become this gorgeous, idyllic community with the walking dead wandering around storefronts, passed out on sidewalks. For years it's become the ultimate YIMBY/NIMBY fight. Historically rehab centers, methadone clinics, etc. were in poorer neighborhoods or heavily urban areas. Mixing it in with wealthier areas has been an interesting thing to observe.
I didn't mean to imply that druggies and poor people are related; I rather intended to state that the idea of AOC, and in Delray, is to integrate communities. So Fla is an exceptionally interesting place. There's wealth that only a few parts of the country can match. But it's set up like a snow globe. You can go from abject poverty to 75 million dollar homes owned by Sheiks in less than half a mile. Saint Louis isn't that way at all. Wealth is heavily segregated. I suspect that's the case in most areas.
Anyway, hungover so a bit of a disjointed post, but looking to the future I do believe that the far left really is now the Democratic party. I think it will become more and more progressive. And at least anecdotally I believe that comports with the younger generations. Society may be changing in the decades to come toward greater integration. We've heard stay-at-home Pete mention it often with infrastructure and highways and racial divides. There's a shortage of housing and, in particular affordable housing, maybe it'll be coming to your hood....
AOC Is a YIMBY Now
And she wants to flood local, state, and federal campaigns with pro-housing candidates.
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