• Cosmic Cleric
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    67 months ago

    high-density units

    If I’m understanding the article correctly, this all just comes down to Huntington Beach trying to protect existing housing zoning, where the state is trying to get zoning changed to build a lot of more units in the same area; high-density.

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    • @grue
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      07 months ago

      You say “just… trying to protect existing housing zoning” as if it isn’t an absolutely catastrophic, economically ruinous, and socially unjust clusterfuck.

      • Cosmic Cleric
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        7 months ago

        You say “just… trying to protect existing housing zoning” as if it isn’t an absolutely catastrophic, economically ruinous, and socially unjust clusterfuck.

        There’s no commentary, or opinion, or politics, in my comment.

        Just stating my understanding of the literal article.

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        • @grue
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          -37 months ago

          That’s not true. “Protect” is loaded language.

            • @Reddfugee42
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              17 months ago

              ‘Protect’ can imply it’s a victim of an unjust action. ‘Maintain’ may perhaps be a more neutral term.

              • Cosmic Cleric
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                -27 months ago

                ‘Protect’ can imply it’s a victim of an unjust action.

                Not in the context of how I used it. Context matters.

                ‘Maintain’ may perhaps be a more neutral term.

                The article describes a conflict between the city and the state, so ‘maintain’ would not be a proper word, ‘protect’ would be. The state was trying to take something away from the city.

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