Josh, curious whether, having looked at this dispassionately as a national issue, you have any mixed feelings about the MA policy given that the (drastic?) development is happening in *your* hometown? In other words, any misplaced NIMBY feelings given it's IYBY?
For me, the need for more housing is undeniable (I look at SF for example and…
Josh, curious whether, having looked at this dispassionately as a national issue, you have any mixed feelings about the MA policy given that the (drastic?) development is happening in *your* hometown? In other words, any misplaced NIMBY feelings given it's IYBY?
For me, the need for more housing is undeniable (I look at SF for example and shake my head). But when the charming old flower nursery near the rail station in my smallish single-family zoned hometown sold to a developer last year (who are building dense, generic-ish townhouses, not quite multifamily), it was a major bummer to me and many folks in town.
Josh, curious whether, having looked at this dispassionately as a national issue, you have any mixed feelings about the MA policy given that the (drastic?) development is happening in *your* hometown? In other words, any misplaced NIMBY feelings given it's IYBY?
For me, the need for more housing is undeniable (I look at SF for example and shake my head). But when the charming old flower nursery near the rail station in my smallish single-family zoned hometown sold to a developer last year (who are building dense, generic-ish townhouses, not quite multifamily), it was a major bummer to me and many folks in town.
Oh good lord no, they should pave over Weston and build condos as far as the eye can see.