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Re: The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay

#11

Post by nradov »

b9a2cab5 wrote: post #3
lasky wrote: post #2

yeah, well, we might have our heads up our asses when it comes to housing people, but at least we can order shit online that shows up the next day!!!

There is no "heads up our asses" going on in the SF Bay Area, only intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices. I recently moved to a new city that doesn't give a shit about NIMBYs and it's astonishing the increase in density compared to SF. When you require a billion different environmental assays, force the developer to basically redo the entire block's sid…

Most NIMBYs are long term residents who are more concerned about quality of life than housing prices. The price someone could theoretically get for their home is meaningless if they intend to die there.

Re: The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay

#12

Post by chrisweekly »

Right off the bat, this gets my goat. Then I keep reading, and learn the f'ing dog went down with the boat. Reminds me of that famous war on drugs moment when overzealous idiots stormed a guy's house and shot his 2 dogs in the process, and they had the wrong address. The incidental murdering of pets as a side effect of meting out injustice... it's just awful.

Re: The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay

#14

Post by gorgoiler »

Do even the deepest most isolated rainforest tribes must have their fair share of petty local officials doing their best to make other people’s lives a misery in an attempt to claw their way up the power ladder?

The best tribes — by which I mean any kind of human grouping, from literal tribespeople all the way up* to M1+PM+5xSWEs — are the ones with skilled administrators capable of negotiating compromise over conflict. I wish I was better at it, myself.

*ahem

Re: The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay

#15

Post by trdtaylor1 »

The harbormaster is blatantly lying about picking out which ones don't have people on them while walking the shore at dawn and dusk with his dog. He's destroyed the homes of a hundred people, whom now are living in a homeless encampment adjoining where he takes his "walks". And since it's California he's not carrying a gun to defend himself... So he's a liar or suicidal.

Re: The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay

#16

Post by dredmorbius »

nradov wrote: post #11
b9a2cab5 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no "heads up our asses" going on in the SF Bay Area, only intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices. I recently moved to a new city that doesn't give a shit about NIMBYs and it's astonishing the increase in density compared to SF. When you require a billion different environmental assays, force the developer to basically redo the entire block's sid…

Most NIMBYs are long term residents who are more concerned about quality of life than housing prices. The price someone could theoretically get for their home is meaningless if they intend to die there.

Until their children and grandchildren start looking to buy in the area ... and discover that they cannot.

That happens relatively slowly, however, and by then it is far too late.

Re: The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay

#18

Post by [deleted] »

chrisweekly wrote: post #12

Right off the bat, this gets my goat. Then I keep reading, and learn the f'ing dog went down with the boat. Reminds me of that famous war on drugs moment when overzealous idiots stormed a guy's house and shot his 2 dogs in the process, and they had the wrong address. The incidental murdering of pets as a side effect of meting out injustice... it's just awful.

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Re: The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay

#19

Post by MiddleEndian »

b9a2cab5 wrote: post #3
lasky wrote: post #2

yeah, well, we might have our heads up our asses when it comes to housing people, but at least we can order shit online that shows up the next day!!!

There is no "heads up our asses" going on in the SF Bay Area, only intentional and malicious stalling of new construction for bullshit reasons to maintain housing prices. I recently moved to a new city that doesn't give a shit about NIMBYs and it's astonishing the increase in density compared to SF. When you require a billion different environmental assays, force the developer to basically redo the entire block's sid…

What magical place do you live that ignores NIMBYs? Here in Boston, a "neighborhood committee" stopped a taco shop under a dorm from staying open until 2AM because it might "disturb the students" somehow. Needless to say none of the students were actually at this meeting, only random busybodies who lived blocks away.

Re: The Houseboat Wars of Richardson Bay

#20

Post by canadianfella »

gorgoiler wrote: post #14

Do even the deepest most isolated rainforest tribes must have their fair share of petty local officials doing their best to make other people’s lives a misery in an attempt to claw their way up the power ladder? The best tribes — by which I mean any kind of human grouping, from literal tribespeople all the way up* to M1+PM+5xSWEs — are the ones with skilled administrators capable of negotiating compromise over confli…

Ahem?
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