The case for senior co-ops
A worthy idea.
The most reliable demographic indicator of a person's position in a land use debate in Austin is their age. YIMBYs are younger, NIMBYs are older.
Unfortunately, this feeds the perception that the push for new housing is only about young people. Or, to be more specific: young, childless tech workers. Hence the constant gripe that not enough of new housing is "family-friendly," a term often arbitrarily defined as three or more bedrooms (because only a monster would make kids share a room).
In fact, most adults who don't need or want an extra bedroom or two aren't childless. Rather, they're people who are no longer raising children. Empty-nesters.
