YIMBY
English
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Etymology
Coined as an antonym for nimby.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɪmbi/
Phrase
YIMBY
- Acronym of yes, in my backyard.
- 1993, BioCycle - Volume 34, Issues 1-6, page 34:
- YIMBY encompasses home composting, "grass cycling" and landscape alteration.
- 2000, Greg Kramer, Sim City Three Thousand Unlimited:
- Buildings that actually boost local land value are, therefore, called "YIMBY" or "Yes In My Back Yard." These beneficial neighbors include Police Stations, Schools, Parks, etc.
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- Acronym of yes, in many backyards.
- 1990, Thaddeus C. Trzyna, Ilze M. Gotelli, The Power of convening, page 46:
- YIMBY does not promise to eliminate risk; it simply spreads it among all those involved. Yesterday, we reiterated several times that equity is critical to any solution, and in this regard YIMBY provides a practical and equitable standard
- 1991, Joseph F. DiMento, LeRoy Graymer, Confronting Regional Challenges: Approaches to LULUs, Growth, and Other Vexing Governance Problems:
- The concept of YIMBY, or "Yes-In-Many-Backyards," was introduced in the early 1980s in Southern California as a guiding principle to distribute unwanted hazardous waste facilities among all the counties participating in the Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Project (later transposed into a joint powers authority).
- 2019, Daniel Mazmanian, Beyond Superfailure: America's Toxics Policy For The 1990s:
- In the early 1980s in southern California, the concept of YIMBY (yes in many backyards) was introduced as a guiding principle for distributing unwanted hazardous waste facilities among all the counties participating in the Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Project, which later was restructured into a joint powers authority. The YIMBY philosophy asked each county to take responsibility for its fair share of the waste problem, though not necessarily to manage all of its own wastes.
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Noun
YIMBY (plural YIMBYs)
- Someone who endorses development (especially the construction of more housing) near them.
- 2001, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).:
- In my constituency, however, we have the YIMBYs—which stands for “yes in my backyard”. We want an airport at Finningley.
- 2003, National Parks - Volume 77, page 35:
- Wltll respect to conserved lands, a reversal is occurring—NlMBY (not in my back yard) is being replaced by YIMBY (yes, in my back yard). I am one of thousands of YIMBYs who choose to live near Acadia National Park.
- The local YIMBYs came out in favor of the project.
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Adjective
YIMBY (comparative more YIMBY, superlative most YIMBY)
- Supporting development (especially the construction of more housing).
- 1992, Solid Waste & Power - Volume 6, page 28:
- But some communities have found that a YIMBY attitude (Yes, in my back yard)— with proper quality assurance controls— can pay good dividends.
- 2014, Patrick Devine-Wright, Renewable Energy and the Public: From NIMBY to Participation:
- Responses to both the PCED and YIMBY surveys identified a need for a variety of mesures to lower the financial and other barriers to the wider consumer uptake of microgeneration systems.
- From a YIMBY perspective, the high-rises are good for the city.
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