The Old Normal

What "YIMBY" and "housing advocacy" are really about for me

Recently on Twitter I saw this clip of a Nextdoor exchange from a Montgomery County, Maryland housing advocate/YIMBY:

If you look at the clipped bit from someone Mike was arguing with, you’ll see a lot of typical NIMBY talking points. Housing advocates are ideologically driven lefties; they’re developer or real-estate shills (there was a bit further up a…