Explain Boston to Me

Boston's NIMBYs with Jacob Anbinder


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This week, we're talking about the housing crisis. And affordability. And development. And density. What could go wrong? Historian Jacob Anbinder is an expert on how cities grow and evolve, and the forces aligned against those changes. We discuss Boston's NIMBY-est towns, the recent drama in Milton over the MBTA Communities Act, and why we should take people at their word when it comes to why they fight development.

To read more from Anbinder, check out these two features from The Atlantic:

  • "What Historic Preservation Is Doing to American Cities"
  • "The Pandemic Disproved Urban Progressives’ Theory About Gentrification"
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