: opposition to the locating of something considered undesirable (such as a prison or incinerator) in one's neighborhood
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But like many other NIMBY cases, there are only a few loud voices speaking for a large community.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
Generous federal subsidies are available, but politicians and developers still face a slog in pushing through NIMBY concerns.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The latest court decision in a long battle to build 130 units of affordable housing in downtown Livermore has thrown the project into flux, and has housing advocates decrying a new breed of NIMBY tactics.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
But building new things in California is hard because of the state’s political culture, which includes a strong dose of not-in-my-backyard, or NIMBY, opposition, at both the grassroots and zoning levels, so a bumpy start isn’t surprising.
—Janie Har, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
Los Angeles neighborhoods are unsafe because they are overrun with homeless people, not because of soaring housing costs enabled by NIMBY elites that push people out onto the street.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
By the 1980s, the pejorative NIMBY routinely was hurled at those trying to constrain growth and development.
—TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
Homeowners’ associations are empowered by the NIMBY ethos.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
In Arizona, a land of many well-off retirees, golfers and snowbirds, NIMBY obstructions to affordable, multifamily developments are aplenty.
—The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
Generous federal subsidies are available, but politicians and developers still face a slog in pushing through NIMBY concerns.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The latest court decision in a long battle to build 130 units of affordable housing in downtown Livermore has thrown the project into flux, and has housing advocates decrying a new breed of NIMBY tactics.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
But building new things in California is hard because of the state’s political culture, which includes a strong dose of not-in-my-backyard, or NIMBY, opposition, at both the grassroots and zoning levels, so a bumpy start isn’t surprising.
—Janie Har, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
Los Angeles neighborhoods are unsafe because they are overrun with homeless people, not because of soaring housing costs enabled by NIMBY elites that push people out onto the street.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
By the 1980s, the pejorative NIMBY routinely was hurled at those trying to constrain growth and development.
—TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
Homeowners’ associations are empowered by the NIMBY ethos.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
In Arizona, a land of many well-off retirees, golfers and snowbirds, NIMBY obstructions to affordable, multifamily developments are aplenty.
—The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
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“NIMBY.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/NIMBY. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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