SolutionRelative4586 t1_jefh8jo wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Reply to comment by surferpro1234 in Memorial Sloan Kettering Files Plans For 594ft 31-Story Skyscraper At 1233 York Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side by maybeitwasmee

> Sometimes you don’t want a tower to block the sun from your window. Am I being selfish…probably. At the same time…it’s Manhattan. It’s not so black and white.

This is exactly it.

You can't move to Manhattan and ask it to freeze in time just the way you found it.

If you want to live somewhere with no changes go buy a big plot of land in the middle of nowhere.

Cities change by definition. That's what makes them cities.

surferpro1234 t1_jefhnnw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:04 PM

I agree with you! Still as I look out my window and see a giant crane with the inevitable coming…the nimbyism rises.

SolutionRelative4586 t1_jeflyvv wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:33 PM

>Still as I look out my window

And your window blocked someone else's when it was built :)

Depending how old your building is, that person may be dead. Maybe even their children are dead.