CPRE didn't actively bomb any houses, but they prevented millions from being built.
The same logic applies here. NIMBYism → higher housing costs → higher cost of starting a family → fewer people being born.
(Demonstrably so. I think @AndrewSabisky has written about this.)https://twitter.com/ParadiseDelayed/status/970961454382895104 …
Assuming that's true many 'backyards' can be fine so why the hostility to nimby's, it's just a sorting process to find which 'backyards' are the least valued. New properties are great but existing owners defending their property value is bad is a contradictory take