Chicago residents create flyers to call out condo board: 'You're the reason your grandkids can't afford to live near you.'

What happens when the residents of a 42-story condo want to stop a 36-story building from being constructed next door?

These Chicago residents live in a tall tower, but they aren't keen to see another one being built right next door.

In some ways, this is understandable: they might lose out on some nice city views, and maybe they're unhappy about the influx of new neighbors that will arrive with the building.

But is that reason enough to halt the creation of the building entirely?

Here's what happened

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NIMBY stands for “not in my backyard." It means that these people want to stop any new building development that happens to take place in their neighborhood!
But here's the thing: pushing back against new buildings does have an impact. They need to be built somewhere. Just because a few people don't like that, doesn't mean the newly constructed building should just never come to fruition.
There's so much that goes into choosing where a building should go, taking into consideration a bajillion little details. Zoning ordinances, environmental factors, the landscape itself, and on and on. Imagine you're an architecture firm who's found the perfect spot to place a new building, and it has room for potentially hundreds of residents to live affordably. And now, the only thing stopping you is… the people who live there already don't want new neighbors? They want you to scrap year's worth of work finding a suitable building spot, just because it hurts their feelings? Things just can't work like this.
Someone has put up some informative flyers to shame the condo board

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"Oh no, they're building a high rise next to our even taller high rise!"

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They did not hold back with their critiques!
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Rich woman sits with a pouty expression in front of her Chicago condo building.
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There were mixed emotions about this!

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This person brought up a good point

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This happens all the time, I fear. Like, of course we all want natural sunlight and gorgeous city views. But if that's taken from you, you've just got to move, I suppose. It's not exactly fair, but that's just how the world works.
Some folks thought the posters were dubious

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It's hard to say… only the local residents can parse this for certain.
This person pushed back on that narrative

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I tend to agree with this person. The screenshots of news articles give the whole thing a homemade feel.
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Rich woman sits outside.
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