LA’s NIMBY Problem Causing Housing Problem

Curbed LA

NIMBYs are destroying Los Angeles, says economist Christopher Thornberg in an LA Times op-ed. Starting with the example of CasdenWestLA, the huge Expo Line-adjacent mixed-user that was scaled way back last month, he argues that the city’s housing shortage is a major economic threat, and that it’s all the fault of residents who refuse to allow city-scale development.

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