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For anyone looking from the all feed and confused what that means, YIMBY refers to "yes in my back yard" as opposed to the common refrain of people who profess they want more housing/public infrastructure/etc. but "not in my backyard" (called NIMBYs). The problem with NIMYism is that NIMBYs exist everywere so you have troubling building anything ever if one sticks to that mindset

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Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/fc2ci

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How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything (darrellowens.substack.com)
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Ottawa recently announced they're considering removing their mandatory parking minimums. For context, parking minimums are extremely arbitrary, based on pseudoscience, and are a key barrier to housing development.

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Non-paywall link: https://archive.is/J2cSo

Turns out the housing crisis is awful for the economy at large.

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I've seen this in Canada waaaay too much. Instead of rightfully directing their anger at screwed-up land use restrictions and a draconian zoning code, people who are normally pro-immigration are rapidly turning anti-immigrant because of the housing crisis.

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New analysis from RMI finds that by encouraging better-located, less car-dependent communities, we can solve the nationwide housing shortage while dramatically cutting pollution.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to c/yimby@lemmy.world

For reference, Pointe-Claire is right next to a new automated light metro station, so blocking housing there is doubly harmful, as it sabotages the potential ridership of a brand new rapid transit system.

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Yes in my backyard!

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