# [Video] Are NIMBYs selfish?

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2022-04-05

cal-poly, city-beautiful, dave-amos, housing, nimby, peter-baugh, urbanism, yimby, youtube-video

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https://youtu.be/OrnK90UI9lo

Peter Baugh tweeted [this](https://twitter.com/PWBaugh/status/1511140397648601088?s=20&t=sW60oqES6hBKs8_5tChxww) out on Monday. Essentially, he attended a community meeting for a new housing project in his neighborhood. He spoke in favor of the proposed development. And was then accused of being a developer shill. His comments were subsequently no longer allowed at this "public" meeting. I mean, how could anyone possibly be in favor of new urban housing? Surely he must be a developer "plant."

This is wrong, disappointing, and a whole host of other unsightly things. So today I thought I would share [a recent City Beautiful video](https://youtu.be/OrnK90UI9lo) that asks: "Are NIMBYs selfish?" I have shared Dave Amos' videos before. He's an assistant professor of city planning at Cal Poly and a well known YouTuber. And I think this video does a great job explaining some of the tensions and trade-offs at play when it comes to development, particularly infill development.

But as Dave clearly explains in the video, he is not a neutral actor when it comes to this topic. His view is that, yes, NIMBYs are selfish.

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/[video]-are-nimbys-selfish)*