>>1861162People really need to stop copy/pasting bay area local politics onto anywhere else they can get their hands on, but numtots gonna numtot.
Home owners represent a small fraction of the electorate here (20-30% in most parts of the city, dipping as low as 8% in the areas targeted most aggressively for redevelopment). The resistance to large scale redevelopment (such as what happened in LIC) is led by renters who have nothing to gain from their neighborhood being turned into the homeland of the Common North American Karen. Those who stand to gain from things like that are major property developers, REITs, and organizations like that. Not small property owners.
In areas where home ownership is higher, such as Jamaica or Flushing, where owner occupied housing is about 50% of the local housing stock, the residents are a lot more receptive to shiny high rises because it generates wealth for people who actually live there. If you really had an interest in #urbanism you'd acknowledge those areas. The lack of interest in promoting growth where it's wanted, and the zealous focus on silencing locals when they voice legitimate concerns over a new development, says everything that needs to be said about who is behind this #urbanism shilling.
