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Dizzy- The "in my back yard" part of NIMBY would be redundant if only the "not", ie negative, part mattered.

Historically the term referred to people who agreed that certain social things like halfway houses, drug rehab clinics, low-income housing, etc. were needed but were opposed to them being located close to them.

One DC oddity is today many of the developers who promote certain types of large buildings oppose them vigorously in their own neighborhoods. Another is many of the people who advocate for greater density live in multiple thousand square foot residences themselves.

People often are for something, until it affects them personally. The hypocrisy element of the slang is critical to make it different from just any disapproval of something.

by Tom Coumaris on May 26, 2012 1:53 am • link • report

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