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Weird to call NIMBY a liberal thing when many conservatives hate any kind of density planning or mass transit.

How many conservatives live in San Francisco? 12?

Many actually - they just don't realize they are in most ways conservatives.

I do think pro-regulation liberalism is fundamentally "conservative" in many ways, in that it is risk-averse.

"A conservative is someone who stands athwart history, yelling Stop"

When it comes to building things, yes, they are conservative.

I think the juxtaposition of the terms was intended by the commenter.