It's not property taxes that turn people conservative, it's property ownership. More specifically, *land* ownership.

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord If by "forcing people to build on them" you mean "forcing cities to allow people to build on their own yards if they want to" then okay

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord TIL that when the government ended Prohibition, EVERYONE was FORCED to do SHOTS OF ALCOHOL as part of their EVERYDAY DIET

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord I’m a YIMBY. I own property. And a backyard. We need 10X more housing. For my kids, the community, the state, the economy. The future prosperity of our country can (and might??) be destroyed by NIMBYs.

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord Personally, I list for the efficiency created by markets. I don't want to force others to build on their land, I want to give them the freedom to. It's Nimbys that want to dictate what their neighbours do with their land.

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord If I haven't got a backyard, what is that thing behind my house?

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord Bad tweet, do better next time

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord It means when someone builds an ADU for his family, and you saunter him to tell him to stop, he can kick you off his property or have you arrested for trespassing

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord Deleted previous snarky reply. In case you didn't know, it's NIMBYs who want to tell other people what they can build on their own property, and YIMBYs want to make it so other people can build what they want. Not force involved.

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord We want to allow people to build on their backyards. You apparently want to force them not to. Who's lusting after others' property rights?

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord Are property rights the ability to build on your own property or the ability to tell your neighbors not to build on their property?

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord But anyway, I own a house with a backyard and I’m a YIMBY because I think it would be great for CA not to have an insane housing affordability crisis. It’s bad for the state that people are being driven away because they can’t afford to live here.

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord I have a backyard and I want to allow people to do what they want with their property.

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord ah yes, typical housing segregationist projection

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord You do understand that "backyard" is a metaphorical term here, and that the entirety of your neighborhood is not "your backyard" nor owned by you, right?

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord No, it is the lust to walk to the grocery store from my apartment

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord What thing has any yimby anywhere ever proposed that would force a property owner to build in their back yard? Pushing back on rules that force them *not* to doesn't count

@SaveMarinwood @cafedujord INCORRECT ANSWER. YIMBYs tend to want to let people develop their property as they wish. If people want a backyard, then they can have it. If they don't, then that's cool, too.