(usually, pejorative) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
After the purple line shrimp, I really am just happy every time Chevy Chase doesn't get it's NIMBY BS to fly. They just are impressively awful to share a county with!
I was not at all shocked that our NIMBY county executive was playing games here, but grateful to see that as usual the council had more sense Some background ggwash.org/view/85057/t... Also here ggwash.org/view/845…
(usually, pejorative) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
“I am massively underqualified to participate in the "data center nimby" discourse (as is the rest of bluesky who have never seen a data center with their own eyes) but I can say this: if we get rid of "data" "centers", self-hosting everything becomes the only option.”
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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I'm only a NIMBY when it comes to data centers. I'm all for affordable housing.
“A year later two fundamental issues with Abundance remain for all its vibe and political success: 1. It's a part of the system analysis when a whole system response is needed (public housing. Hello.) 2. Trade offs aren't just Nimby. They are real- you can't just wave them away.”
“the "Nice" racists in Laurelhurst. the poster children for NIMBY and "The Seattle Freeze" Laurelhurst in a nutshell:”
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(chiefly, US, UK) Not in my backyard (in objection to an undesirable structure built locally).
“After the purple line shrimp, I really am just happy every time Chevy Chase doesn't get it's NIMBY BS to fly. They just are impressively awful to share a county with!”
“I was not at all shocked that our NIMBY county executive was playing games here, but grateful to see that as usual the council had more sense Some background ggwash.org/view/85057/t... Also here ggwash.org/view/84518/a...”
“I'm only a NIMBY when it comes to data centers. I'm all for affordable housing.”
“erm, why? Seems a bit NIMBY-ish? It would be perfect for mid morning viewing...”
“Chernobyl will forever cloud my judgement regarding nuclear power plants, so genuine question, NIMBY or YIMBY?”
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Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them.
Their vote against measures to help refugees has been perceived by the socially conscious margin of society as a typically nimby attitude.
“There is also just the literal NIMBY of "I want this to exist, but not where *I* live"”
“The NIMBY datacenter criticism doesn't even make sense. NIMBYism is ostensibly for a good everyone agrees should exist... just not in their backyard. "Oh, I think we need low-income housing, but not if it's gonna hurt *my* property value!" kinda thing.”
“Explain how "Opposition to Building Thing Near ME" isn't NIMBY.”
“So if there is a town of people who reject housing entirely, or a new train line entirely, or clean energy entirely, would you say they're not a NIMBY?”
“That question compels me to ask if you can define what NIMBY stands for.”
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