One needs to be careful about attributing patterns to external treatment. Some groups have done well despite quite strong headwinds from the wider society.
On NIMBY, internal migration can absolutely be a factor, there is an entire literature on this in the US. Of course, it being the US, internal migration of particular groups was a motivator.
One needs to be careful about attributing patterns to external treatment. Some groups have done well despite quite strong headwinds from the wider society.
On NIMBY, internal migration can absolutely be a factor, there is an entire literature on this in the US. Of course, it being the US, internal migration of particular groups was a motivator.
I agree, the example of white flight I gave is one form of internal migration.
There was organised resistance to urban sprawl in Britain long before mass non-white immigration. See "England and the Octopus' (1928).
Some NIMBYs act out of rational self-interest and some simply hate change. A common error is to assume NIMBYs actually direct the town planning process, because they claim victory when they get their way, but just as often they don't. A well-organised NIMBY group leverages the existing law; they don't prevail just by being noisy.
One needs to be careful about attributing patterns to external treatment. Some groups have done well despite quite strong headwinds from the wider society.
On NIMBY, internal migration can absolutely be a factor, there is an entire literature on this in the US. Of course, it being the US, internal migration of particular groups was a motivator.
I agree, the example of white flight I gave is one form of internal migration.
There was organised resistance to urban sprawl in Britain long before mass non-white immigration. See "England and the Octopus' (1928).
Some NIMBYs act out of rational self-interest and some simply hate change. A common error is to assume NIMBYs actually direct the town planning process, because they claim victory when they get their way, but just as often they don't. A well-organised NIMBY group leverages the existing law; they don't prevail just by being noisy.