[lazyasciiart]

I agree, but if only you could convince all the NIMBY asshats in Seattle who want to live on a half acre lot ten minutes from the center of downtown.

[reverius42]

Good luck convincing someone who lives on a half acre 10 minutes from downtown to give that up.

[CalRobert]

Offering to make them multimillionaires in exchange for the land so you can build apartments should work

[lazyasciiart]

Apartments are banned in about 70% of seattle residential land. Here are the things you are allowed to build: https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/SDCI/Codes/Nei...

[alistairSH]

Except for the neighbors who will likely block that apartment build-out via any means possible.

[CalRobert]

Indeed, that’s the nimbys

[throwway120385]

Do they actually do that here, or are you just saying that?

[rileyphone]

It's baked in to the process as part of design review, after getting pass the first wall of zoning.

https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/public-participation/e...

[alistairSH]

No clue about Seattle, but they definitely do in Northern VA where I live. Every new development that requires a change of permitted use goes through a lengthy review process with plenty of opportunity for locals to object.

Edit - sibling comment indicates Seattle has something similar.

[CalRobert]

They do that everywhere!