Anti-development NIMBYs and why they're wrong

As real estate has become more politicized, people who are against developments happening near them (known as “NIMBYs”, which is short for “Not In My Backyard”) have proven to be a major political force in the Greenville area. Their concerns vary from believing Greenville is turning into Charlotte, NC, to concerns that our infrastructure can’t maintain more developments, to concerns that “we need more parks, not more apartments.” But a lot of these concerns are misguided, shortsighted, or both. And despite NIMBYs typically saying they are concerned about the cost of housing and about issues related to gentrification and equity, NIMBYism as a whole results in the cost of housing increasing dramatically, and in many instances, it also results in socio-economic segregation. 

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