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[toby]

This is all true of course, but it's not what I said.

While it might be more economically rational for newer homebuyers to be the ones fighting development, it hasn't been my observation that they are. Obviously I could be wrong, I'd love to hear stories of rampant NIMBYism among the newly-landed.

[pfarnsworth → toby]

My anecdote counters your anecdote. I find that the newest members of a neighborhood are the ones most likely to fight new development. The older people care but they don't have as much vested interest because they don't lose as much money.

[XenophileJKO → pfarnsworth]

Where I live in Mountain View, it is definitely the older residents that are the most vocal against increasing density.

[umanwizard → pfarnsworth]

You're equivocating between "homeowners" and "residents". Even newer homeowners are likely to have lived in the area longer than many residents.

[jmspring → toby]

No what you said was a fantastical falsehood unrelated to owning property in California