Bad faith actors is exactly right. I’m happy to sit down with people who disagree with me in good faith and on the merits; but when someone has no interest in a fair compromise and is only trying to scuttle everything, it’s much better to just hear them out and say no, politely.
I feel the same way, and I try to give people the benefit of the doubt until they've proven to be acting in bad faith. But in the original draft of this essay, I had a New York-inflected phrase for them, which I edited out. 🤠
Your article is very encouraging. As a long-time New Yorker, I’ve lived with the reality of NYC’s anti-housing policies. That reality is housing that is too god-damn old and too expensive.
But I still love the City, for the life and vitality it does have, which is tremendous. But I want more!
Thank you for leading the way in Austin and helping to change things back here in the Big Apple, by defending Housing Freedom. (And I know that has a leftist sound, but it means true freedom: Build, Build, Build, without zoning, rent control and other arbitrary, unnecessary, man-made obstacles.)
And thank you! A recurring theme in a lot of what I’ve written on this subject is that people have got to both want change and to believe that it is possible. So CoY helps move the needle and, I hope, encourages more people to believe that there is a pathway to an even more tremendous future for New York.
Bad faith actors is exactly right. I’m happy to sit down with people who disagree with me in good faith and on the merits; but when someone has no interest in a fair compromise and is only trying to scuttle everything, it’s much better to just hear them out and say no, politely.
I feel the same way, and I try to give people the benefit of the doubt until they've proven to be acting in bad faith. But in the original draft of this essay, I had a New York-inflected phrase for them, which I edited out. 🤠
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Good one Ryan. We need more housing
Thanks, Greg!
Let’s hear that New York inflected phrase! 😄
Your article is very encouraging. As a long-time New Yorker, I’ve lived with the reality of NYC’s anti-housing policies. That reality is housing that is too god-damn old and too expensive.
But I still love the City, for the life and vitality it does have, which is tremendous. But I want more!
Thank you for leading the way in Austin and helping to change things back here in the Big Apple, by defending Housing Freedom. (And I know that has a leftist sound, but it means true freedom: Build, Build, Build, without zoning, rent control and other arbitrary, unnecessary, man-made obstacles.)
Ha! I’ll leave that to your imagination. ;-)
And thank you! A recurring theme in a lot of what I’ve written on this subject is that people have got to both want change and to believe that it is possible. So CoY helps move the needle and, I hope, encourages more people to believe that there is a pathway to an even more tremendous future for New York.
Merry Christmas!