[HN Gopher] YIMBYs Keep Winning
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       YIMBYs Keep Winning
        
       Author : theptip
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2023-09-09 17:00 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | CalRobert wrote:
       | Interestingly yimbys are often associated with youngish urban
       | lefties but the core principles are actually conservative in
       | nature. Strongtowns.org discusses this a lot. Well built cities
       | are more financially sustainable ones.
        
         | fallingfrog wrote:
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           | Georgelemental wrote:
           | What is it with the obsession some progressives have with
           | badmouthing potential allies? Is dunking on the outgroup
           | really so much more important than accomplishing your
           | political objectives?
           | 
           | - Earnest question from me, a YIMBY conservative
        
             | polygamous_bat wrote:
             | > What is it with the obsession some progressives have with
             | badmouthing potential allies?
             | 
             | If your commitment to the cause evaporates because "a
             | leftie was mean to you on the internet", what kind of
             | commitment are you offering in the first place?
        
               | Georgelemental wrote:
               | I am still just as much of a YIMBY as I was 10 minutes
               | ago.
        
           | jrajav wrote:
           | I disagree with the GP's predictable refrain that
           | conservatism is naturally more financially 'smart', but I
           | also find your characterization of conservatism a little
           | bizarre.
           | 
           | More to the point, it's ironic that both GP and yourself are
           | making partisan stabs when the article's main point is that
           | the success of this movement might stem from its marked
           | nonpartisanship.
        
         | 40yearoldman wrote:
         | It's a circle, one day the left will find out they are on the
         | right. And the right will find out they are on the left.
        
       | 7e wrote:
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       | ryanschaefer wrote:
       | Couldn't read the whole article because of the paywall but the
       | author pretty much lost me in the first paragraph...
       | 
       | > The YIMBY movement annoys a lot of people who are highly
       | engaged with politics because we are living in a time of intense
       | political polarization, and YIMBYism is not aligned with either
       | pole
       | 
       | Who *wants* polarization and would be annoyed by bipartisanship??
       | Wouldn't it make more sense that people find the common ground
       | and unity refreshing? Just a strange phrasing of the movement.
        
         | jjulius wrote:
         | >Who _wants_ polarization and would be annoyed by
         | bipartisanship?
         | 
         | I think this[0] is the right take, but I'm guessing you haven't
         | read much in the way of political discourse on Twitter, Reddit
         | and Facebook over the last decade or so? Nuance has been
         | discarded and there's hardly any willingness to compromise on
         | anything.
         | 
         | [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37449692
        
         | klooney wrote:
         | I think you're reading him backwards- he's pro YIMBY, and
         | saying that they are bipartisan and successful, but annoying to
         | highly online highly partisan types.
        
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       | user3939382 wrote:
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