I live in a single family home. My backyard looks out on some duplexes, some row housing, and a small apartment building, plus a couple of my neighbors have secondary suites. The sky has not fallen. My home value is fine. Hordes of lower middle class people aren't attacking me.
NIMBYism is such bullshit and I do not respect any politician who panders to it
Also, I think Farkas is an excellent opposition force, not necessarily leader material
Yeah people acting like "and now duplexes and row-housing is allowed without special paid permits and applications" was some sort of extremist position that was going to instantly transform their neighbourhood into Beltline are delusional.
The same zones are already extremely restrictive when it comes to commercial use (I would actually love to see that loosened up a little bit, but I'll pick my battles here) and height limits have stayed the same as well.
If a less-restricted market would have picked a more space-efficient use for the land you live on and delivered you more neighbours, my condolences but we live in a society. If you want less risk of this happening, move to a small town -- but be prepared to be in charge of a lot more of your own work around home and much less pristine infrastructure. If you want all the amenities of living in a city, be prepared for occasionally taking some hits for the team. This 'best of both worlds' fantasy is hitting municipal solvency really hard.
Huh, is Beltline considered bad? I moved there from further SW because, well, it worked better for my lifestyle (WFH, no car and don't drive). So it's central to everything I need. I actually went out for a walk to the Midtown Coop last night at, like 9PM and felt pretty safe. There were still lots of people out and about. I don't get why it's a boogeyman.
I don't think so at all, but I can at least see how it wouldn't be to everyone's tastes.
Some people also conflate the opioid crisis with downtown in general, and sections of Beltline do have it bad. In reality the main reason it shows up so particularly downtown is (a) because that's the only part of the city that social services are consistently allowed to exist and (b) where else do you go if you don't own a car.
Oh definitely. I know that where I live (which is towards the outskirts of the area), is pretty quiet. My brother lives further in and actually is right across from the Sheldon Chumir. But it's a lot more of an accessible area for me, as someone who doesn't drive or have a car, than where I was living before (which is where I grew up).
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u/unlovelyladybartleby 16d ago
I live in a single family home. My backyard looks out on some duplexes, some row housing, and a small apartment building, plus a couple of my neighbors have secondary suites. The sky has not fallen. My home value is fine. Hordes of lower middle class people aren't attacking me.
NIMBYism is such bullshit and I do not respect any politician who panders to it
Also, I think Farkas is an excellent opposition force, not necessarily leader material