LogFAQs > #985853852

The thing about NIMBYs is that they rarely actually care that much once the thing they're upset about happens. They'll cry on and on about how the city couldn't possibly replace the parking on one side of a one-way street with bike lanes when the street parking is never more than 50% full, but once it's actually in there it pretty quickly becomes apparent that there's no real issue and they lose interest. You generally have to really make things worse for them to actually consider moving, not just "change the character of the neighbourhood" by letting one dude paint his house orange.