we’ve been seeing some real innovation in unhinged NIMBYism at Vancouver public hearings recently - ThreadSky

gridsvancouver.bsky.social • 86 days ago

we’ve been seeing some real innovation in unhinged NIMBYism at Vancouver public hearings recently

Choose your fighter:

1) Tower Colonialism

2) Woke Urbanism

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this blew up a little on Reddit, and... idk man. is it better or worse to have the tinfoil hat crowd on your side? https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1hcvddj/comment/m1r7f1b/

reluctantaxe.bsky.social•86 days ago

Yeah it's pretty easy to see why people feel entitled to stop development. There is no need to create a conspiracy theory around it

gridsvancouver.bsky.social•86 days ago

I feel like I've seen more of this on r/vancouver in the last year or so. Just insane speculation about the causes of mundane urban things

reluctantaxe.bsky.social•86 days ago

I've noticed it a lot on reddit in general. People seem to be only looking at the surface of stuff and not actually trying to find out the why/how.

reluctantaxe.bsky.social•86 days ago

See the Blackstone and rental AI algorithm conspiracies. The surface facts are true but when you actually take a look at why they are buying SFH and optimising rent it comes down to a lack of supply

geofflister.ca•86 days ago

Don’t look at the TikTok comments, this is far more prevalent there.

reluctantaxe.bsky.social•86 days ago

There is something just so absurdly racist about the term "Tower Colonialists" especially since these are the same people that are against Sen̓áḵw.

I can't wait to see their memorial to the West End before the colonists took over.

perdomology.bsky.social•86 days ago

I’m so confused about hearings right now. I thought they were stopped under new provincial rules?

gridsvancouver.bsky.social•86 days ago

it’s complicated but basically nothing the province has done has taken effect yet

perdomology.bsky.social•86 days ago

Oh goodness. It’s like a nightmare I cannot wake up from.

perdomology.bsky.social•86 days ago

Anyway, these people are unhinged

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