I want to live in a low density community with lots of jobs and lots of people nearby, who will respect the laws of our community and not try to force rezoning and colonization upon us. I am willing to pay a lot to live in such an area. What's the price to be left alone?
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Morally speaking? The price would be for each house in the low-density community to pay as much in property taxes as a large apartment building. Because that's the revenue you're denying the local government by keeping your area low-density.
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Sounds about right but there's some value in a diversity of land use. You don't want to treat all the land as if it's useful for the most taxable purpose. A city can't only be housing. There's some point where you give a little to attract biz, rich residents who'll spend & hire.
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Lots of rich people love living in dense areas. Just look at manhattan - no shortage of rich people there. If you are the type of rich person who wants to live in a low-density area, you should pay for the externality of preventing others from utilizing land more effectively.
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Ya, I agree with that. Happy to pay the price. Would much prefer to just pay to stay where I'm at than have a bunch of people vote to take away my rights.
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you have no right to stop other people from building more housing on their private property, sorry!
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Did they make an agreement with me to not build housing on their private property? Is that the law of the land? Was it the law when they bought the property? Did they have some reasonable expectation that they wouldn't have to follow the law?
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they don't need to! that's how it works! if you want to form a community where everyone needs your approval to modify their property, buy a ton of land and start that community yourself.
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That already exists. The community is called SF.
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SF may be nimbybut it's not THAT nimby.
like, please point me to the section in the SF charter that says you have the right to unilaterally veto any new housing
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Well, not me.. but that one dude who always calls in about improper shadows being present for 5 seconds of the day. That guy does it for free.
it's amazing you see people like that and are like "yes, this is how it should be"
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