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0 pointsharimau7776y ago0 comments

I don't necessarily disagree with you; however, strictly for sake of argument, a couple of potential reasons:

- Providing a sense of security strikes me as a core role of society.

- People who are afraid tend to be willing to resort to draconian measures like NIMBYism to protect themselves.

- Anxiety that things could change so much that one is unable to follow their chosen way of life strikes me as a reasonable fear.

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kelnos6y ago

I think you're starting to (unintentionally) argue a straw man, or at least are making assumptions that just aren't true.

No one is saying that developers should just be able to build whatever they want, whenever they want, with no oversight. No one is saying that the community should completely shut up and have no input into the process.

But the actual objections brought up at actual planning meetings that happen in SF are universally bonkers. It literally actually is people opposing change just for the sake of opposing change. If there is anyone at these meetings making reasonable objections, they're completely drowned out by the other 20 people shouting that the sky is falling.

It's protectionism, and the "I got mine, so fuck you" mentality, plain and simple.

grandmczeb6y ago

You’re assuming the process we have resolves their feelings when it does not. If anything, we’ve normalized the idea that new development is bad and as a community member you should be fighting it, leading to more resistance than there would be otherwise.

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