Commentary: The View From Over Here -- On NIMBYism & the Reston Task Force, John Lovaas, Reston Patch, August 8, 2011

 In the last couple of years in particular, it seems we can’t have a conversation about future development in Reston without the term “NIMBY” being flung about. . .

. . . In a Reston context, the term is routinely applied to residents expressing doubts about quantum leaps in development density.

Unfortunately, the term is often used without regard to the basis or logic for a question or a suggsted alternative.  Recent cases of misuse of the pejorative “NIMBY” include directing it at residents who pointed out that, based on official data, development levels proposed cannot be supported by either existing infrastructure or that planned for the next 30 years or more. . . .

For the rest of this commentary, click here.   And thanks, John, for the pointer to the Reston 2020 blog.