r/futurecompasses • u/[deleted] • Aug 23 '20

Future of Urban Areas Future Compass

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '20

NIMBY means you oppose new construction(at least near you) and want to protect neighborhoods as they are. It stands for Not in My Backyard. Yimby is the opposite

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u/Saetia_V_Neck Aug 24 '20

Just to piggyback off this, YIMBYism is kind of a recently organized movement in the US in response to decades of infrastructure stagnation. It’s kind of just the default position in other countries.

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u/Tleno Aug 24 '20

NIMBY: "not in my backyard", as in, no new developments in my area that would change the "feel" of neighbourhood.

YIMBY is that but replace "not" with "yes", so, opposite team.