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The origins of NIMBYism: Advertisement for Rockridge neighborhood (Oakland, CA), early 1900s

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Tags: nimby, racism, classism, haughtiness, usa.ca.bay area
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    Deimos
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    Why is a 2-year-old reddit post of a random racist 100+-year-old newspaper ad worth submitting? What's especially significant or interesting about this?

    Why is a 2-year-old reddit post of a random racist 100+-year-old newspaper ad worth submitting? What's especially significant or interesting about this?

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    1. MetArtScroll
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      I accept your decision to remove the post—because you are the site admin. Note that the post was not removed from Reddit, for the Reddit post's purpose, just as my purpose here, was to criticise...

      I accept your decision to remove the post—because you are the site admin.

      Note that the post was not removed from Reddit, for the Reddit post's purpose, just as my purpose here, was to criticise the phenomenon, and in no way to support it. And NIMBYism is, from the economic point of view, one of the biggest challenges the world is facing.

      Edit: and, of course, most of the NIMBY phenomenon stays the same: no undesirable people (which usually does not include East Asians today, but it still includes Blacks and Hispanics), no stores, no flats, etc.

  2. MetArtScroll
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    Note: I deliberately chose an old.reddit link. Also, this comment, which is based on the text linked, summarises it from those early 1900s until today:

    Note: I deliberately chose an old.reddit link.

    Also, this comment, which is based on the text linked, summarises it from those early 1900s until today:

    The origin of NIMBYism: no negroes, Chinese, Japanese, stores, saloons, apartments, flats, anything "inferior"...

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