alt Hacker NewsDenver is an interesting place. The Democratic Socialists of America managed to lobby to protect a golf course to prevent housing from going in there. Sort of an inversion from what you’d expect.
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samschooler • today at 5:55 PM
That whole situation was bad. I don't think anyone is happy with that situation. A developer was going to give us (some) affordable housing, and a "free" park. Instead now we're paying 70 million for the same park.
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asdff • today at 6:03 PM
There is so much buildable land in denver it makes no sense to start burning the furniture to keep the place warm
lux-lux-lux • today at 5:57 PM
That ‘golf course’ was unused land protected by a conservation easement. There were other options for housing development.
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I think opposing housing was a mistake, but just to add some context, the result of this was that the city purchased the land and made it a public park (https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Of...).