Taking a New Look at NIMBY
By Michael Reicher | February 4th, 2009 | | 
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Michael Reicher
Some Astoria Houses residents (above) oppose a plan to have 50 mentally disabled people move in across the street. But a recent study suggests that bringing so-called supportive housing into a neighborhood can boost property values -- refuting the old not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) arguments.
Before their potential new neighbors ever arrived, some tenants at the Astoria Houses, a public housing complex in Queens, hardly planned to roll out the welcome wagon. The 50 mentally disabled homeless people who could move in across the street were inspiring dismay, not acceptance.
what do they care? First they are renters in Public Housing so this does not effect their house values and second what would they rather have some harmless people moving in or more drug dealers. The Astoria houses are not the safest or cleanest in the world.
first of all how does drug dealers tie in w/ the mantally ill ? and i’ve been living in astoria my whole life , and i know we arent the safest or cleanest but we’re still a family as well as a community !!!!!!