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Dorie Dillard Austin TX, NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones (Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899)

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Bob Crane
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We had an army of them show up at a town board meeting to block a development that we were getting approval for.

Jul 21, 2017 11:57 AM
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Jeff Pearl
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Yes. There's always someone that complains about everything.

Jul 21, 2017 11:20 AM
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Wayne Martin
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Oh yes, especially condo owners who don't want a building next to them to block their views!

Jul 21, 2017 11:09 AM
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Scott Godzyk
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Oh yes, all of the above. Cell towers, apartment buildings, rehab facilities and on and on and on

Jul 21, 2017 12:31 PM
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Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
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Always.  Anything from dog parks, convenience stores, mosques and other buidling developments.  I shake my head every time.

Jul 21, 2017 12:01 PM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
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Yes, ME!  I love our open spaces and don't want our already over-crowded city to turn into the san fernando valley... we're already getting the crime and some porn production.  Add in the half-way houses and live-in rehab centers that get put in our (often very expensive) residential neighborhoods and yes, there are many NIMBYs here and for good reason!

Jul 21, 2017 11:57 AM
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Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
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I have to laugh at your question, Dorie.  We have so many recent California transplants in our town and they are impacting all matter of development. Once they arrived and settled, they want to mold us into what they left!

Jul 21, 2017 11:30 AM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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All the time... sometimes they win and sometimes they lose.

Jul 21, 2017 11:27 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Absolutely. We will be happy to recommend a move to your area.

Jul 21, 2017 11:13 AM
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

That mentality is rampant in western PA

Jul 21, 2017 02:55 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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YES.  At every conceivable level.  From gentrification issues to rezoning to size limits and more.   

Jul 21, 2017 01:56 PM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
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Dorie Dillard I've been through decades of subdivision approvals and it's fully expected that all abutters within X number of feet will appear at all planning board meetings... I've never seen it NOT happen.... they board will not deny the approval because abutters don't want it there....but if the builder is asking for waivers of the standard requirements, that could drag it out and those waivers can be denied, unless they were approved for others....  I could keep going but I'll spare you!!

Jul 21, 2017 01:27 PM
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Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

My goodness, YES! Clermont FL is still a small city that's growing and of course growth happens with new businesses, housing and many are screaming. What I'm most shocked about, there will be a new 55+ community in the next town, most do not want an adult community in the area.

Jul 21, 2017 01:01 PM
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Liz and Bill Spear
Transaction Alliance 513.520.5305 www.LizTour.com - Mason, OH
Transaction Alliance Cincinnati & Dayton suburbs

You bet!  They got theirs, now don't want anything new to be built!

Jul 21, 2017 12:28 PM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
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We did a few years back when the market crashed. The country club was struggling and the board wanted to sell off some land to a condo developer. It took a huge law suit and people putting up money to buy the club back and stop the high density development.  It was accomplished.

Jul 21, 2017 12:26 PM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

It seems the residents of Minot ND are always fighting something. Two recent fights were: 1) Not allowing Walmart to build in a certain neighborhood. 2) Fighting a opioid clinic locating about anywhere in town.

Jul 21, 2017 11:29 AM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

It's CA, land of "we're always protesting something".

Jul 21, 2017 10:17 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
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Oh yes. There are neighborhoods that fight everything and any zone change brings out crowds in protest. City officials usually are afraid to move forward and cave in.

Jul 21, 2017 04:50 PM
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Carol Williams
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Oh yes, I was just talking about that yesterday.  Everyone wants affordable housing and housing for the homeless but nobody wants it in their neighborhood.  

Jul 21, 2017 03:36 PM
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Lyn Sims
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No not lately. Last one was when someone had a huge aluminum trailer for hauling race cars parked on the side of their house. It was over 20' long. I signed paperwork on that - it made the area look like a trailer park.

I would turn owners in if I saw them rent out their homes 'per night' in any of my associations in the area. It's illegal here now.

Jul 21, 2017 03:33 PM
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Sybil Campbell
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I have not heard of any in this area.

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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
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Yes for as long as I have been in real estate.

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sure-do...

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Kathryn Messina
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Absolutely. It is inevitable. Everyone feels entitled to have an opinion on what or who should be in their neighborhood. It is a natural process of close human interaction. 

Jul 25, 2017 06:46 AM
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Joan Cox
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Oh yes, there was a new condo building going up close to downtown with an allotted one parking space per unit, and all the neighbors in the area showed up for the meeting.

Jul 23, 2017 05:43 PM
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Nathan Gesner
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Yes. There are so many buyers that live in a home for 20 years and expect nothing to ever change.

Jul 23, 2017 05:59 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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Yes. Lots of opposition to building more strip shopping malls in already highly dense and congested areas. Big money always wins!

Jul 22, 2017 09:53 AM
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
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You bet.

That is how we get stuck with obsolete housing, inadequate public services and a population that believes elitist, exclusionist thinking is ok.

Think about this. Coastal Florida is the epicenter of what the consequence of global warming in the USA. A Cat 4 with a 27 FT storm surge will be catastrophic. However, newer construction (those McMansions are an examle)  increases survivability of housing should a hurricane EVERF occur in Florida. 

The NIMBY's reluctance to change means those old houses will be swamped, flooded, blown away, with the cost of recovery placed on the tax payer. They create the very conditions for which they are most vocal. Greater density creates greater efficiency.

NIMBY wears many suits. What would you not want in your backyard?

Jul 22, 2017 06:58 AM
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They are everywhere.

Jul 22, 2017 06:14 AM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

No - we live in a master planned community

Jul 22, 2017 05:56 AM
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Not so much in my Florida service area, but in California; yes!

Jul 22, 2017 04:57 AM
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Marco Giancola
Beachfront Realty - Miami Beach, FL
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All day long!

Jul 22, 2017 04:19 AM
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A lot of that can be found on Nextdoor where neighbors share all initiatives in neighborhood.

Jul 21, 2017 11:56 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
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There's always someone, Dorie Dillard - always! 

You can't please everyone all of the time! I just let the miserable people be miserable and keep smilin'!

Jul 21, 2017 10:32 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
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Dorie Dillard - I have not seen in my area.

Jul 21, 2017 10:29 PM
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Yes, in many aeas that I work.

Jul 21, 2017 07:03 PM
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Dorie,

No.  We are in a no growth zone...nothing to fight. A

Jul 21, 2017 04:11 PM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

I know in some area of the city it is a problem.

Jul 21, 2017 04:02 PM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
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No.

Jul 21, 2017 03:01 PM