We can either have slow, incremental development that keeps up and tempers demand. Or we can let that demand build up so much that it becomes an issue in the higher political unit (in this case, the state of California). It would take literal generations for that demand to rise so much that a majority of people are on the losing side of that political position... and it has.
The YIMBYs wouldn't be a threat to the people in Palo Alto if the effects of NIMBYism hadn't grown and entrenched themselves for literally 50 years. We are now dealing with the consequences of decisions made in the late-70's and early-80s by people making the same argument that you are making today.
The YIMBYs wouldn't be a threat to the people in Palo Alto if the effects of NIMBYism hadn't grown and entrenched themselves for literally 50 years. We are now dealing with the consequences of decisions made in the late-70's and early-80s by people making the same argument that you are making today.