Always desperate to find ways to curb changes in the world and the neighborhood, NIMBYs have came up with a new argument: the wind.

Seriously.

As in, if you build this housing tower, part of the hill that it sits on will become windier and will blow us away. The housing tower in question is at 1481 Post St. on Cathedral Hill, and the main opposition comes from the Sequoias residents association, representing their senior housing facility which will sit nearby the project. The president of the association claims that, “…two curb cuts along Post Street would create pedestrian safety issues for seniors who walk around the neighborhood doing errands. She also said the tower would make a windy hilltop windier.”

“‘I weigh 110 pounds and the wind already blows me sideways when I am trying to cross Post Street – it’s like one of those cartoons where you walk and walk and make no progress,’ she said.”

I encourage you to read the original article for more detail and to see photos, but here are some notes:

Most of the NIMBY opposition comes from residents of the Sequoias, with the age of residents ranging from 70-107 , with many of the older folks confined to their room.

, with many of the older folks confined to their room. The proposed tower is 400 ft. The Sequoias drew up their own “acceptable” 260 ft. alternative. Meanwhile, the Sequoias tower is 290 ft .

. Along with 262 units, the new tower replaces tennis courts and a parking garage, and would include a street accessible urban garden.

The housing development is now undergoing another environmental review because of the opposition.

Other NIMBYs are joining in and they’ve hired a PR firm to fight the development.

Now I understand that some seniors don’t like change. My grandmother is no different, she doesn’t like the rush of the city, and she laments how SF has grown. But in what world does it make sense to delay and block housing project after housing project in a growing city that desperately needs as many units as possible?

Should the people who want to cling to the past be allowed to plan our future? Thanks to Far-Left Extremist NIMBYs like Calvin Welch, Sue Hestor, Chris Daly, and their disciples, we have. And because of a new generation of idealistic hippies and pandering politicians like John Avalos and David Campos, we continue to do so. The planning process is so rife with opportunities to delay and drive up costs that building any project in SF is exorbitantly expensive. The opposition to this specific project is clearly about NIMBYs who don’t want a side of their views obstructed. They could not care less about the long-term future of the neighborhood, or the future of housing in the city period. It’s the short-sighted, selfish, and conservative (NOT progressive) “I got mine, so tough luck getting yours” mentality. The Mission is ground zero for the younger NIMBYs, who cannot grasp the irony that most of them are recent transplants who are trying to keep the next wave of transplants from moving here in the name of preserving the character of SF. They attempt to quash any forward-thinking development that also ironically, would ease housing prices, which is their supposed raison d’être.

When people complain about the cost of housing in the city, don’t forget that NIMBYs are allowed to use utterly ridiculous arguments like, “It’ll get too WINDY” to delay and stop units from being built. They’ve been pulling these stunts for years, and they’ve been winning. And it’s costing all of us.

(thanks to @andybosselman who first tweeted about this absurdity, and being a voice of reason for moving our city forward.)