r/yimby
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YIMBY: content and discussion related to the "Yes in My Back Yard" cause. What do we want? Affordable housing near where people want to live and work! When do we want it? As soon as we can safely construct it!
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If European style urbanism is supposed to make housing more affordable in the US, why are 1 bedroom apartments in Paris going for $1.4m?
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If housing costs are the reason why people aren’t having kids then why are birth rates low in places like Japan that YIMBYs point to as a model for housing?
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Despite the majority of the focus being on density, strict separation of uses and parking minimums have a larger impact on "walkability" at the urban neighborhood scale.
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Density requires less infrastructure.
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California legislature: Speaker Rivas shuffles the leadership deck and YIMBYs win
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The Large Lot, Single Family Only, Status Quo is comprehensively reinforced throughout the standard land use regime therefore reforms must also be comprehensive.