tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post8581318322749191940..comments2023-11-11T03:34:32.826-05:00Comments on HoCo Hayduke: Same old story, not much to say...Haydukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09770056537577811703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-89027586446293906762022-07-10T19:39:42.890-04:002022-07-10T19:39:42.890-04:00Thank you ffor sharing thisThank you ffor sharing thisGabriel Frosthttps://www.gabrielfrost.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-54621514586276377602007-05-16T12:24:00.000-04:002007-05-16T12:24:00.000-04:00Great post, Ian!This weekend I had a lengthy conve...Great post, Ian!<BR/><BR/>This weekend I had a lengthy conversation with my brother, Dave Newburn, who graduated OMHS in 1986. He is now teaching "Land Economics" to MBA students in the real estate track at Texas A&M University.<BR/><BR/>But his class and perspective is anything but the norm. Dave actually got his PhD from Berkeley as an environmentalist. (I forget the exact department in which he studied.) <BR/><BR/>We talked much of NIMBYism and the concept of "home voters," people whose primary asset is their home. (Unless, of course, you prefer Mr. Rich Dad / Poor Dad's take on homeownership.) When people experience their home as their primary asset, they become "risk averse" and often consider change in the landscape of their neighborhoods as adversely affecting their investment (their home's value).<BR/><BR/>Hence, the term "home voter," and a section of the population that becomes, in essence, single-issue voters based on fear, real or perceived. <BR/><BR/>Reference the Columbia Council elections, the Council's minimal actual influence on the outcome of the WCI towers and the lopsided emphasis on where candidates stood vis-a-vis the 22-story condo and the legislation introduced to retroactively reduce their previously approved permits. (That's a mouthful of a sentence!)<BR/><BR/>Much more to say about what I learned -- and continue to learn -- from my brother; and perhaps I'll blog about it, but for here's a bit of close-to-reality humor about intelligent design and development:<BR/><BR/>Most folk know the acronym of NIMBY: Not In My Back Yard!<BR/><BR/>From my brother I also learned about the BANANAs: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything!!<BR/><BR/>Then, of course, there's another iteration: NOTE, which stands for Not Over There Either!!!<BR/><BR/>Oi. Do we ever need fresh thinking. This yes-no-push-pull approach to problem-solving is getting so old.Jessie Newburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17464441397649143045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483028.post-73407874201966452232007-05-15T23:21:00.000-04:002007-05-15T23:21:00.000-04:00Ask Peter Beilenson. Ask Ben Carson. Ask Bea Gat...Ask Peter Beilenson. Ask Ben Carson. Ask Bea Gatty. Ask Paul Farmer.<BR/><BR/>Solutions to tough problems can be found and tough problems can be solved.<BR/><BR/>Education. Treatment. Opportunity. Funding. And hard work.<BR/><BR/>It's not nimbyism to encourage smart growth development in already developed areas. But it needs to be development that is welcomed by the local community, not thrust upon it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com