Editor,
In the recent article “New pro-growth group taking on old notions” in the Nov. 15 edition of the Daily Journal about a YIMBY (an acronym for Yes In My Backyard) group, promoting housing development, it is clear that the facts are a little mixed up.
The group stated that citizens who bought homes to San Mateo in the past oppose growth, which keeps the young from living in the same area. These people that the group talks about are the citizens of these towns. Who better has a say on what happens in their town? The majority of us worked our way into these towns. We made our towns what they are today. We are not against smart growth, we just define it in different way. If you want high-density housing and transit-oriented development — build the infrastructures first, develop the transportation and parking first, then, only when it’s apparent that we can support this type of influx, then come to the citizens and ask — not the other way around.
The quality of life that the group states everyone deserves comes from people that have been here and developed that quality of life. We understand the problem with housing, the real problem though, is that you do not understand us. NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) till my backyard is ready.
Robert Nice
Redwood City
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