Yglesias mocks a New Jersey neighborhood for being upset about solar panels "marring their previously prestine utility polls." Kevin Drum adds he's "perpetually astonished by the level of NIMBYism pretty much everywhere":
I mean, objecting to a toxic waste dump or something, that I get. But people who live in 100% built environments are remarkably resistant to even the most innocuous changes in that built environment, let alone things that might potentially have a minor but real impact. It's just a huge battle every time.
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