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mshelikoff t1_j6juxj5 wrote

I have a grudge against simpletons.

I've been living in the Boston area for over 30 years and seen how some places have changed, other places haven't changed, and who has and hasn't profited. My view is that "Build that here" and "Don't build that here" are both stupidly simplistic tropes.

I'll support or won't support a particular development based on its alignment with principles of intelligent urbanism or another rational urbanist school of thought. Just because the basic solution is to build more housing, that doesn't mean we have to increase inequality and decrease equitable access to opportunities to achieve that solution.

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