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Nimbys v Yimbys: the affluent inner Melbourne suburbs that aren’t pulling their weight on housing (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago by vividspecter@lemm.ee to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

But those things are not profitable.

Yep! Which is why the government getting pushy is probably absolutely necessary. This is a reforming the city situation, not just nudging things in a better direction. I fear Melbourne is on track to turn some areas into waste dumps that no one wants to live in. You can almost see it: well built train stations on the "sky rail" that trains often skip because no one really lives there. This sort of thing can happen! Checkout the the Imhe Zentrum in Hanover Germany (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hannover+ihme+zentrum&t=ftsa&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images) ... a combined shopping center and apartment complex that's now basically abandoned post-apocalypse style.