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lastinglovehandles t1_jcpj7m7 wrote

Reply to comment by possums101 in NIMBYs score victory, convince review board to reject Downtown Jersey City cannabis application by JeromePowellAdmirer

For a such a so called progressive town there so many NIMBY in this damn place. Meanwhile these concerned parents are walking around full of Klonopin and Xanax. Chased with their merlot filled Stanley canteen.

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ffejie t1_jcqesl9 wrote

Pretty much everywhere you find homeowners you find NIMBYs. I mean California, especially San Francisco, might be ground zero for the whole NIMBY movement.

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AccountantOfFraud t1_jcpw6px wrote

They definitely aren't progressives, that would be something akin to AOC or Bernie. They're just white liberals. They'll have all the flags and shit but when it comes down to actual changing things they're no where to be seen.

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Tchefy t1_jcqrely wrote

Well it's like I don't see y'all bitching about all the liquor stores in spitting distant of the school.

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FloatingWeight t1_jcra5vi wrote

Progressives are NIMBY af, they just call anything new gentrification. Thankfully they recently seem To be shifting to more YIMBY but tbd

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JeromePowellAdmirer OP t1_jcrbfwa wrote

If you're rich or white you should purposely avoid ever moving in next to a minority or patronizing any business in a minority area and only move to exclusive 95% white ethnosuburbs. That's how we achieve justice ✊️

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DeepFriedAsses t1_jcts8ex wrote

Aw, you tried to be funny

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JeromePowellAdmirer OP t1_jctzche wrote

Do you believe white people should avoid moving to places with minorities? No? Then I'm not referring to you.

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DeepFriedAsses t1_jctzhex wrote

Sorry your joke flopped, honey

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mushroomsandroses t1_jcrgwad wrote

Look at the number of towns in this state that refuse to let dispensaries set up shop even though the majority of their voters wanted to legalize weed. It's all over.

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DeepFriedAsses t1_jcts4wp wrote

All you need to do is read this sub. It’s all cop-loving nimbys who can’t stand anything that was part of JC before they moved in

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lastinglovehandles t1_jctvz8x wrote

I thought NextDoor was bad but this sub is worse. Fucking JC Facebook must be hell on earth.

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DeepFriedAsses t1_jctzm7u wrote

"Can you buh-lieve these ATV riders? A car didn't stop for me the other day, we need SWAT teams on every corner!"

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Miringanes t1_jcrjazs wrote

Bro you don’t even know. I moved from JC to South Orange which is really South Orange/Maplewood and both towns are PROGRESSIVE. However everyone are NIMBY’s. Maplewood completely banned gas leaf blowers and there’s been fights breaking out in the Facebook group between the pro leaf blower and anti leaf blower coalitions.

That said, everyone is pretty pro dispensaries here.

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Dylan_1400 t1_jcq2nx4 wrote

In modern day, being okay with weed in an area is so much separated by political party anymore, I’m from jersey and know a HELL OF A LOT more right leaning people that smoke weed than left leaning, I can’t count the amount of people on the left I know who smoke on my 2 hands, but I know atleast a hundered people, mostly from school (cus every kid and their cousin smoked at my school) who identify as right and smoke. And I grow up in a suburban area, not quite white picket fence but def tons of entitled white people. Most of the 30y/o+ people in this area are left, and don’t really like it, but 80% or so of my generation are right, and a similar percentage smokes. It’s funny how things change because 50 years ago it would be the complete opposite, even less of a time frame.

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