The current ideology of growth generally nullifies the older definition of NIMBY, so while Jane Jacobs may have railed against freeways in cities, those are generally not being built en masse anymore. It's housing, it's retail, it's light rail, it's subways. People are re-assessing their view of the city and those who have invested in themselves more than they've invested in their city are left in this awful position of being left crowing a pale visage of what was a noble cause.
As long as it doesn't smell or give me cancer, I say build it.
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"The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion." -- George Washington & John Adams in a diplomatic message to Malta
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