Are NIMBYs Selfish?

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This video discusses the "Not in my backyard" mindset, using the backdrop of San Francisco.

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Resources on this topic:

Bay Area Residents Survey: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/0...

Single Family Zoning in SF: https://www.sfexaminer.com/news-colum...

Rethinking “RH” Zoning in SF: https://www.livablecity.org/rethinkin...

Great journal article on NIMBYism: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2689...

Historic Preservation vs. Affordability: https://www.sightline.org/2017/12/19/...

Seattle Housing to Office Example: https://www.seattletimes.com/business...

Journal article on cost-benefit analysis for Historic Preservation: https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?colle...

Journal article about upper-middle-class NIMBYs: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/1...

Journal article: “Understanding and Overcoming the NIMBY Syndrome”: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...

Example of NIMBY debate in SF: https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/...

Example of NIMBYs not being opposed to affordable housing in theory, but against it in their backyard: https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/...

Journal article that describes NIMBY opposition in SF: https://link.springer.com/article/10....

Journal article about NIMBY mindset: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/1...

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