Often the pro-growth, no-growth battle is framed as a battle between change and preservation. The developers welcome change; the NIMBYs embrace preservation. The YIMBYs turn such simplistic formulas on their heads. Their agenda may change the physical face of S.F., they argue, but it will help preserve a more fundamental asset: its citizens.
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