By Will Cooling Objections to ripping down an art deco cinema in Birmingham are understandable, but if we want our cities to have vibrant art scenes, we need strong economies to support them, says Will Cooling It’s easy to forget that the most important letter in Nimby is the M. Arguments about degrowth, city centre living or suburban chauvinism may make for stimulating intellectual debates, but typically planning battles are about people who already live in an area not wanting to see their surroundings change, especially to the benefit of strangers. It’s important to remember this because it …