The Cass Dab <| sep |> Traffic always could be worse and is a given in oppositionalNIMBY arguments . It doesn ' t mean that traffic , transits and the related shouldn ' t be optimized , but it ' s a generic argument for the most part . Surprisingly , so are the rest of the claims a few highlights from above 1 they should build elsewhere . I . e . NIMBYism in a nutshell . Sure Sloat and the other places aren ' t building and perhaps should as well . But this is the opportunity that presents itself . The combination of the land , the funding , etc is happening in this place at this time . They should build somewhere else isn ' t that compelling . Politics is the art of the possible . Shoulds are for college kids in polisci 101 , not the real world . 2 I don ' t understand your point about City Hall interfering with the clubhouse . Is the claim that bureaucrats are inherently bad and keep the government out of our . ? Or is there some specific complaint ? Are you claiming there will no longer be weddings , parties or other gatherings ? What is the basis for this concern ? 3 at risk seniors need housing even more than medical care if we ' re going to pretend like they ' re mutually exclusive . However the real issue is how do you give them access to care ? And what sorts of care they may need . Which brings us back the real world limits where public policy exists . In a magical world we would house seniors in affordable places with organic gardens on the roof and a hospital in the basement . But in reality you have to balance overlapping c o n c ernsprioritieslimitations . Not one argument seems that persuasive to me . It ' s basically the same list of nimby complaints you see whenever this opposition occurs .