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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sat Nov 9 18:57:27 2019, in response to Re: Airtrain to LGA, posted by pragmatist on Sat Nov 9 16:34:17 2019. NIMBY opposition can be overcome. There are many examples of this happening, a few come to mind here. This one that goes back to 1917. Along Jamaica Ave. many residents & businesses screamed like hell against BMT (BRT?) El extention along Jamaica Ave. from Cypress Hills to 168th St. Reason given was that the $$$ just wasn't there to build a subway. Long story short...the El was built.Another was opposition to the Airtrain. I remember seeing local residents living along the Van Wyck Exp demonstrating with sandwich boards reading "No Van Wyck El". They caved, somewhat,when they were promised a local station along the line. When the final plans materialized, no local station. Area residents bitched again when they realized that they were on the receiving end of bullshit. This time protests fell on deaf ears. Another shortened story, the Airtrain was built. Point being, NIMBYs should not be the brick wall standing in the way of progress & the long term benefit of many. |
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