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We should really settle on what NIMBY means. In this post, you basically say that you can slap that label on anything that people don't want near them because of the negative consequences of it. But in that way, you would call Arlington NIMBYs for opposing the HOT lanes.

I think of NIMBYs as people who say that they will benefit from a certain project and that it should be built, but they don't want it near them because of the negative consequences. They'd rather someone else suffer those consequences, while they just enjoy using whatever the new thing is.

Under this definition, no, Arlington isn't being NIMBY, because Arlington people would have little to no use for the HOT lanes and just plain don't want them built. I see no indication that the Fort Washington residents support the bike trails at all. In that sense, it's not "Not In My Back Yard," it's just "Not At All."

by Tim on Oct 30, 2009 10:56 am • link • report

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