American democracy has plenty of problems right now, but NIMBY-ism and the perverse idea that the purpose of wealth is to ensure that poverty will never encroach on one’s space (whether mental or physical) are somewhere at the core of our troubles.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/01/us/politics/affordable-housing-florence-south-carolina.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZU0.mb8J.LR5P9zq8IHgT&smid=url-share
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