Sounds like 'might makes right'; not a great system.
I agree with you that NIMBYs are primarily concerned with neighborhood character instead of property values, and I think survey evidence would prove this.
Sounds like 'might makes right'; not a great system.
I agree with you that NIMBYs are primarily concerned with neighborhood character instead of property values, and I think survey evidence would prove this.
About the 'might' question, we all in the neighborhood have equal might and the town council is mightier above us all. I'm sure you generally agree that it's a good system when inhabitants of a place, e.g. a dorm room or a Mars colony, agree on some basic rules everybody should follow and then enforce these? I wouldn't call this 'might makes right'.
If the environment was to change drastically (e.g. our population grew 100-fold) then keeping these rules would become silly and they'd be changed.
Sounds like 'might makes right'; not a great system.
I agree with you that NIMBYs are primarily concerned with neighborhood character instead of property values, and I think survey evidence would prove this.
About the 'might' question, we all in the neighborhood have equal might and the town council is mightier above us all. I'm sure you generally agree that it's a good system when inhabitants of a place, e.g. a dorm room or a Mars colony, agree on some basic rules everybody should follow and then enforce these? I wouldn't call this 'might makes right'.
If the environment was to change drastically (e.g. our population grew 100-fold) then keeping these rules would become silly and they'd be changed.