Vancouver's Real Estate Market

[donk.]

Originally Posted by Infiniti

What separates NIMBYism vs opposing/raising legitimate concerns for the well being of a neighbourhood?

What would the members on here consider a valid concern(s) for the neighborhood?

Personally i cant think of any

[Great68]

IMO Jealousy. At least in terms of the people who make the Nimbyism claim.

There is a portion of those people who are just upset that someone else has something they don't, and care more about "sticking it to those 'rich homeowners' " in some way than actually listening to any rational arguments or addressing any valid concerns.

[supafamous]

Originally Posted by Infiniti

What separates NIMBYism vs opposing/raising legitimate concerns for the well being of a neighbourhood?

I'm not sure what the line is though one is whether the concerns are fact based or not - most claims NIMBYs make are nothing but racist or classist arguments cloaked in gentler terms ("preserving character"). Once in a while they remove their masks and will actually say things about how they're better than others and just don't want to poor people (or other types) in the area (this literally will happen in city council meetings).

People have a right to be concerned about noise and crime and they probably have limited rights to be concerned about the impact to their own property but I don't think they have a specific right to reject housing that land is zoned for. They can vote for people who want to restrict housing the way they want but if the electorate wants more housing (and they OVERWHELMINGLY do) then they really don't have much ground to stand on. If they don't like it, they can move.

FWIW, I live in a one of the areas that BC has designated as a transit oriented development - it means that they can build 8 story apartments next door to me now. I may not love the idea of a 8 story building right next to me but I'd be a hypocrite YIMBY if I fought it. People have a right to housing and we all have to do our part to make this possible.