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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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to r/yimby by hotwifefun
4 weeks ago
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Boomers, man.
to r/yimby by ilikerawmilk
3 months ago
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I don’t think Americans constantly talking about high speed rail like in Europe realize how expensive rail is
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4 months ago
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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?
to r/yimby by blankstr33t
5 months ago
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?
in Japan
to r/yimby by ssorbom
1 month ago
Politics of such places aside, how well-built are Chinese "ghost cities"from an urban perspective?
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1 month ago
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The Hearing and the Housing Shortage
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1 month ago
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Oregon's governor, Tina Kotek, explains how more housing helps, with legos
to r/yimby by HOU_Civil_Econ
9 months ago
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.
to r/yimby by HOU_Civil_Econ
9 months ago
Density requires less infrastructure.
to r/yimby by SpaceElevatorMusic
9 months ago
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California legislature: Speaker Rivas shuffles the leadership deck and YIMBYs win
in California
to r/yimby by HOU_Civil_Econ
9 months ago
The Large Lot, Single Family Only, Status Quo is comprehensively reinforced throughout the standard land use regime therefore reforms must also be comprehensive.