Scott Alexander wrote a piece[1] a few months ago which rebutts many of the arguments made in this article.

For instance, the article argues that boomers are NIMBYs:

>Older generations used the levers of government to create this situation. In high-cost cities, the building of new homes and apartment complexes is often derailed in local planning and zoning-board meetings.

However Scott notes:

>It’s not even clear that Boomers are that much more likely to be NIMBYs. From Pew:

>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wf8x!,w_1456,c_limit...

The article also talks about social security as benefiting boomers, but Scott notes:

>The Social Security Administration’s own website says that its generosity peaked in 1972, when the program primarily served the Greatest Generation; since then, it’s been one contraction after another.

[1] https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/against-against-boomers