NIMBYism is usually explained as selfishness: homeowners protecting property values, or neighbors who just hate change. But a growing body of research suggests something simpler and harder to argue with: aesthetics.
What if people oppose new housing not only because of who might move in or what it might do to traffic, but because the building just looks …
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