[lawlessone]

Not in the US but it's similar where I am. Often older people will complain their children can't afford to live near them.

Some of the same people will protest any developments near them that could add more accommodation to the same area.

One of the arguments often used is that the area doesn't have the amenities e.g schools, larger roads, shops etc to support an increased population. But the development of more amenities in an area is blocked "because it isn't needed right now" etc.

Then you have people just trying to get a cut.. https://www.newstalk.com/news/dublin-residents-demand-e22500...

[Obscurity4340]

This is the point that gets me the most. They donMt own anything 99% of the time outside their specific lot. They are basically saying "My investment gives me dominion over that which I have invested $0 because it happens to border MUH propert"

Just appease me, non-investor and non-owner of whatever property is in question. I bet they circumcize their children as a matter of policy too. Cuz why should anyone else but me decide what happens to another person's body. After all, I sort of "own" them too"

Sick!

Edit: have these folks ever heard of buying surrounding lots or like, I dunno, buying options or whatever stuff pertains to this? The biggest NIMBY/Narcissitic trait is "I get everything, don't even have to pay! You get nothing! Im taking all your blocks and I refuse to share, here on the daycare mat!" ridiculous. Can't wait till they're all pallitaive and finally decisions can be made externally and with EVERYONEs best interest at heart, not just your chronically selfish nonsense.

[Obscurity4340]

I regret the use of "you/you" pronouns, at no point was I referring to you. Was more of a rhetorical fluorish gone amok

[j0hnyl]

I don't know why you lump NIMBY with Boomer. I think 99% of people don't want new constructions next to their properties.

[Obscurity4340]

What is your assessment outside of the unfortunate Boomer mis-reference?

[Tagbert]

Your argument had some juice up until the "boomer" slur. Are we still doing that?

[Obscurity4340]

K, that was admittedly excessive. My life experience up to now (btw definitely Boomers+Xers who display identical entitlement and offensive conduct) What say now?

[Obscurity4340]

Why do folks downvote mea culpas. Seems incredibly obtuse

[Obscurity4340]

* MUH investment

[barbazoo]

> Often older people will complain their children can't afford to live near them. Some of the same people will protest any developments near them

Cross referencing this must be tricky

[Obscurity4340]

Right?

If I'm role-playing as a boomer, I just cant understand how I dropped out in grade 10, got the good job at a local factory over a handshake and an all-expenses paid 3-martini lunch the moment I expressed interest in applying, and got a full pension plus zero or close to zero education costs and I have like 3 cars between me, wife, daughter, vacation at least 1x/year, and protested every subsequent development after I bought my house outright for $50k, and now my daughter needs to leave (she's 18, we HAVE to kick them out at that point?!) and she has nowhere to buy that doesn't rely upon me since she has no money and I fomented this monster?

Why me, Lord?

Edit: and even if I purchase nearby properties for fun and profit, she definitely can'tafford what I demand to be paid for rent in exchange for transferring partial use of the property that I aquired purely because I was stupidly financially empowered to have all these opportunities cuz my dad fucked my mom at the right historical timeframe to make sure that the content of mybirthdate took precedence over the content of my character or intentions or worthiness