Leaf

I work at sw/tech consulting, commerical products R&D, real estate: dev and build. I am fixing up a small farm.

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[Leaf @TomLeaf]

NIMBYism and anti-sprawl are:

1) running on the same fear,
2) breaking the same principle,
3) using the same playbook,
4) causing shortage and scarcity, and
5) spiraling downward.

That’s why you cannot fix one and keep the other.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@JMGregorchuk ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ x 100000 ^ 100000

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@antoniogm People who deal with the government a lot are not as worried. They know that no matter how smart you are, it only takes a staff member with a little bit of bad faith to slow you way down. It is not something intelligence can fix.

Young people haven’t deal with government enough.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@DutchRojas @PacificLegal, hope you guys or some orgs can look into those problems.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@nickgerli1 Housing affordability is a death of 1000s cuts of regs, reviews, env laws, vetos… It wasn’t blatantly obvious bcos interest % kept dropping.

Now rate rebounded, but $$ barely moved. Jurisdiction’ll not cut their own rules, thus power. No much will get fixed, unfortunately.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@stevesi The link you attached is making my browser to think I am you. Or, it could be a substack bug...

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@reedschwartzsf Yes, totally solving the problem by compelling the weak owners to hand over their land without even paying them.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@grok @MDbombo @BatmanTweetzz 👌🏻

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@grok @MDbombo @BatmanTweetzz It is the moment AI becomes self aware. ;-P

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@The_Fair_Ground Currently, the state is the layer that holds the power to nose into private matters whenever it decides to. And it is doing so by requiring cities to nose into these.

Once the state excuse itself from such power, cities will lost their at the same time and become passive.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@The_Fair_Ground So, you agree restrictive covenants (height, forms code, arch style etc) among private parties are okay and enforceable?

Well, I think once the state is out of the pic, cities will be the guide and arbitrator of these things, if the private parties agree to involve the city.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@The_Fair_Ground I don’t disagree some cities should run without zoning. But, won't “require" them to do it without either. “No zoning" is a mean, not an end.

Real world is messy. Eg, an area that's flood prone, building there causes problems to other. Zoning it low could be a cheaper solution.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@The_Fair_Ground It sounds very different from what's been tried… so, I don’t know.

I think removing the state altogether from planning will be a good first step. Look at FL.

It removes regional level's shortage. Then, let cities compete for residents. Fix the incentive will fix the problems.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@The_Fair_Ground Currently, states have the luxury of deferring all the bad things are “not me” while hiding behind the curtains.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@The_Fair_Ground The state certainly is not the “acting best” if you actually look into local planning. Locals are already hang on the cliff because “failing to plan” means severe funding shortages. What you observe as-is is quite close to what happen when the state taking over.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@The_Fair_Ground Well, it's a more consistent opinion than many other's out there.

I am observing a lot of bad things done in the name of “required by the state (GMA)” at my local level. To go further and to take away cities and county’s power will make the situation a lot worse.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@maxdubler @michael_wiebe Anti-sprawl and NIMBY feeds on the same veto power. They are twin separated at birth. They are being raised together.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@michael_wiebe Because the veto power of anti-sprawl feeds the same veto power of NIMBYs.

Remove the Growth Management Act & let property owners and cities compete for residents. Then, the area best for building, cost less, and with less envir impact will naturally win and get built first.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@The_Fair_Ground This is really the other way around. Removing the Growth Management Act and the state, & letting property owners and cities compete for residents.

Then, the area that is best for residents and businesses, and less costly and with less environmental impacts, will get built first.

[Leaf @TomLeaf]

@maddenifico 22 tons is just like 40 cows. Was it a widespread problem? Any news article showing it was more than one shipment? How many?

For reference, USA consumes ~38,000 tons of beef per day.