He referred to ‘people that mindlessly say yes to everything’ are the extreme.
You said you are offended by that, but the only way you could be offended is if he was referring to you…meaning you yourself are identifying as 'a yimby who mindlessly says yes.
But then you say you don’t mindlessly say yes.
Can’t have it both ways
Also there is really good friendly conversation happening here. No need to start making things personal because you don’t agree with all these ideas fully.
Another informative and great perspective. I think you’re right. I’m seeing we’re in the great game now and yes it’s terrifying lol
Yes but I have some contribution about how we can balance affordability and luxury apartments.
We have been afraid to play the great game better do it now before we’re forced to.
I’m having this conversation with a few friends over dinner, parallel to this convo happening here and something was brought up.
How many on here are parenting young kids while living downtown? And how, if at all, has that altered your view of these things? It’s altered mine quite a bit and I’m wondering if those that are ‘growth by all means’ are seeing things through the lens of a different life stage. Prior to kids I was ‘growth by all means’ myself.
Is your perspective similar to or different than the below ?
https://www.housingfinance.com/finance/time-is-running-out-for-affordable-housing-in-opportunity-zones_o
Thanks for clarifying what I meant! But… uhh…
He. I’m a guy; lots of common Japanese male names end in A’s.
(Talk about an unexpected upside to people’s pronouns becoming a self-introduction thing, lol…)
Damn. misgendered my bad. 
To explain my mistake, I almost always post on my phone and can’t really tell bc profile pics are so small. I guessed Keita was a female name. Bad guess.
Oh no, it’s all good! It’s a super common virtual/written mistake 
(I only go on here with my laptop, so I had no idea the user icons on mobile were so small, either…)
I think it’s just been a bad few months for where the development is happening. Losing OG Goodnights, Berkeley Cafe, Seaboard Station, the classic Char-Grill, etc. That’s a lot of character to lose so quickly, and I think that’s where your fears of Charlotte come into play. I know Council didn’t have a legal string to pull regarding the Goodnights site, but the fact that the building was so unceremoniously razed for another five-over-one (not even a tower) really made me concerned that the city isn’t taking a holistic look at accommodating growth while maintaining some of the character that does make Raleigh feel like a little big city. So, I share your fears there.
I also think we’ve been caught behind the 8-ball with growth happening at the same time as things that are supposed to help manage that growth (i.e. transit) have hit some road bumps, mostly due to macro social and economic trends. Transit is supposed to help us get all these new residents around buuuuuut now we’re cutting service because we can’t find drivers. It’s a very volatile situation, and I don’t blame you if you feel like the cart was put in front of the horse (or BRT bus 
). We just need to be patient with that stuff.
As far as luxury housing goes? It’s the only thing the market will support without some intervention from the government that they seem completely ok with not doing. And we need housing. I care way more about how that housing is located and built.
Father of a 3 year old and five month old living in DTR here. Parenthood has absolutely made me more virulently pro-“build as much housing as possible” especially in downtown for two reasons - the correlation between a lot of people having more opportunity to live in a walkable, liveable community, and building enough housing abundance for my kids and my kids’ friends to be able to live in Raleigh if they want to.
Anyone watch and know the status of the north hills rezoning tonight?
I’m on YouTube… watching the boomers look like there not present.
Oh wow didn’t realize it was still going tonight. Hope it passes so we are set regardless of any upcoming elections.
It’s ongoing - stuck in the traffic echo chamber. at the moment…About to get to the speakers from the applicant / citizens against if you’d like to get your popcorn. I’d be surprised if it doesn’t get booted…
I’ll probably pass Tim Niles and them make me fall asleep.
Lost opportunity might keep some of us up at night…
This is just incoherent rambling from Niles, and the rest of the opposition. Housing affordability they care about it no they just don’t want black proof in their neighborhoods.
Just held open for further discussions. One suggestion by the mayor was a donation to the affordable housing fund. Main concerns are still affordability and traffic. Guess we’ll here more about it at the next meeting (Sep 20).