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There's only one substantial class of people who would knowingly live near extreme pollution: people who can't afford to move away

Conversely, people who can afford to will use every resource at their disposal to prevent polluters from coming into their communities. NIMBYists get a lot of hate, but can you really blame them?

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You can when they block the construction of low-pollution utilities in their neighborhood at the expense of high-pollution utilities in poor communities.

You can understand why they do it, but you can also (and should also) still blame them for being short-sighted and selfish.

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