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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright
The problem is that planning should not be politicized any more than public health policy should be politicized. Politicians shouldnt be running on whether they are probably or anti vaxxer, aldermen shouldn't be running on whether they are pro or anti upzoning. There is no mystery on housing policy here, we know how planning works pretry quantitatively after 100+ years of trial and error. A building shouldnt have bigger units because the neighbors are scared of the poors and they shouldn't have higher affordable housing minimums in Logan square because the alderman wants to get reelected. Professionals should study these things and make such determinations.
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Unfortunately, the country's faith in expertise is at crisis levels. People think they can google "climate change", read an article or wikipedia entry and suddenly know more than people who have spent their entire careers studying such things.
It's one of the reasons I like this message board. There are actual experts here and their thoughts are generally respected (speaking for myself, a non-expert in architecture or development).