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The Highway to NIMBYism—Asterisk

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San Francisco’s history of collective decision-making helped prevent the city from being carved up by highways. Today, that same legacy prevents the city from building what it desperately needs: more housing.

The Highway to NIMBYism—Asterisk San Francisco’s history of collective decision-making helped prevent the city from being carved up by highways. Today, that same legacy prevents the city from building what it desperately needs: more housing. It’s hard to build in San Francisco. The city’s approval processes encourage collective decision-making , giving broad veto powers to almost anyone who wants to oppose a change. These processes sometimes allow small, unrepresentative groups to stall or kill projects, protecting narrow interests at the expense of the community as a whole. In a city with a s

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