THE UNSPOKEN PSYCHE OF NIMBY
Patrick J. Slevin
NIMBY Crisis Fixer ?? Public Affairs Counselor ?? Grassroots Operator ?? YIMBY Speaker ?? Change-Agent Mayor ?? Head of SL7 Consulting ?? NIMBY Insider Publisher ?? Amazon Bestselling NIMBY Author ?? USAF Vet
RACISM, ELITISM, FEARISM LEADS TO NIMBYISM
When it comes to controversial real estate development, Racism, Elitism, and Fearism are rarely reported in the public square. It's only whispered or inferred, but these vices of the human condition contribute to a disturbing side of the NIMBY Matrix. For example, no homeowner who opposes affordable housing will come out and say they're racist. However, we see on a weekly basis homeowners vehemently opposing affordable, workforce, low cost, and multifamily housing. In many cases, it's in mob like fashion and even blatantly saying at public hearings "Build it where THEY live!".
NIMBY opponents are mostly affluent homeowners who rise up against these and many other kinds of proposed projects. Their public arguments are coded. In my YouTube Short Video: Racism, Elitism, Fearism Drives NIMBYism, I expose some of these coded messages; "crime will go up", "property values will go down", "schools will be overcrowded", and "traffic will increase" as coded allegations disguising deeper, more disturbing biases, fears, and prejudices.
Not every NIMBY opponent is racist, of course, but the majority of local NIMBY campaigns are motivated by self-serving elitism or fearism reducing communities to chaos and conflict. Disclaimer: It's not to say every proposed development is sustainable or a good fit for the community, so NIMBY opposition to bad projects is necessary and encouraged.
The developer isn't off the hook in the NIMBY Matrix either. Too often, their mindsets ignore third-party voices; approaching the application process with arrogance, indifference or simply fearful (flying under the radar) of community pushback. Therefore, these deficits, coming from both sides of the application, repeat conflicts, every day, putting more gas on the fire in the NIMBY Matrix.
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"NIMBY POST OF THE WEEK" (SOURCE LINKEDIN NIMBY MATRIX GROUP)
In this week's NIMBY MATRIX LINKEDIN GROUP, we posted Comedian George Carlin calling out the hypocrisy of NIMBY opponents in this classic bit recorded from the mid 1990s. Carlin's genius saw the NIMBY Matrix before anyone and made us laugh while learning about a national syndrome of controversy and conflict. WARNING: Mature Language and Hating on Golfers, which I'm a golfer myself. ENJOY!
THE POLITICS OF NIMBY: BOSTON UNIV. STUDY FINDS NIMBYISM HURTS COMMUNITIES
Katherine Levine Einstein, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University, talks about her study explaining how norms of participatory democracy skew public opinion against new development [NIMBYism]--with consequences for the cost of housing and potential for economic growth in Greater Boston. Interview for BNN News. Aired September 7, 2018. Watch the interview:
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It will take education, awareness, and thoughtful conversations to change perspectives and mindsets. It's my goal to cue subscriber thinking and share thoughts moving forward. As a valued subscriber, I'm accessible via messenger on LinkedIn or you can email me at [email protected].
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