2019-04-26

The Democratic coalition is split over housing costs in cities
Long ignored, the YIMBYs are gaining ground
原文来源：The Economist 2019-4-18

Article

https://frankzhougq.github.io/article/TE-2019-04-26/

Notes

abhor nativism in all its forms and recoil at statements
憎恨各种形式的本土主义（排外主义）

recoil (from sth/from doing sth) | recoil (at sth)：
to react to an idea or a situation with strong dislike or fear 对…作出厌恶（或恐惧）的反应
She recoiled from the idea of betraying her own brother.
背叛自己亲兄弟的这个想法使她感到恐惧。

the country were packed to the brim.
挤到边缘了，很挤

a 63-unit housing complex
建筑群

it would cast a shadow on an adjacent park.
投下阴影

Local residents in a posh part of the city
本地上层人士

breed crime and violence
滋生

San Francisco, where median monthly rent for a one-bedroom flat has reached $3,500 according to Zillow, a real-estate website, is only the most pathological example.
可怕

most inhospitable to the poor.
不适宜居住的

traffic in the Bay Area is clogged by service-sector commuters
交通被堵塞了

The smog from the cars settles in the valley
落尘

First there is the landed gentry, older residents who bought at the right time and are precious about maintaining their housing value.
拥有很多土地的乡绅，地主嘛；后面的语句可以描述土著

That might be true of current renters lucky enough to qualify, but rent controls also work to constrain housing supply, hurting future renters. A study by three Stanford economists of a rent-control law change in 1994 in San Francisco found that affected landlords decreased supply by 15%, increasing rents citywide.
rent control，有利于现在的住客，但是会影响未来的供给，从而影响未来的租客

repeal the rule by referendum
废除

pay no heed to

give/ pay 'heed (to sb/ sth) | take 'heed (of sb/ sth) (formal) to pay careful attention to sb/ sth 留心；注意；听从

And yet the market-urbanist coalition, which pushes for relaxed zoning rules and more building, had little sway over local politics.
城市规划师；影响力很小
规划师想要建造更多的房子，high-density building，但是他们说话不管用，土著势力极力反对，因为新的高密度建筑会影响他们当前的居住环境，而且他们也不欢迎过多的wailai人口。加州州长就是要解决这个矛盾。China and USA are the same.

having these two camps, or sub-camps, divided and fighting with each other
阵营

freeze their communities in amber
比喻用法，冻在琥珀中

weigh in on whether he would actually sign it.
权衡