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My father doesn't live in California, but he's one of those baby boomers that drives me crazy with this kind of crap.

There are no jobs or industry anywhere near where we grew up but people like him make sure that stays a reality and then he has the nerve to complain about how I live so far away. He's the ultimate NIMBY. He and others like him all truly believe that as soon as their house was completed no further changes can ever allow to happen or else it will ruin the landscape. It's not just hypocritical it's outright selfish.



> it's outright selfish.

Yes, but aren't we all to at least some degree? "Self-focused" is perhaps an easier adjective to digest?

The reality is that the boomers dominated politics (local and national) up until now. That starts to change inside this decade. So we are going to see dramatic shifts by 2030 and we will see if that is for the better or the worse.




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