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NIMBYies will never learn (media.scored.co)
posted 28 days ago by big_fat_dangus on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +26Score on mirror )
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FourteenEightyFour on scored.co
28 days ago 5 points (+0 / -0 / +5Score on mirror ) 1 child
i've never seen NIMBY before but immediately figured out what it meant
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ScallionPancake on scored.co
28 days ago 2 points (+0 / -0 / +2Score on mirror ) 1 child
Not in my back yard
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zk3hf9dB on scored.co
27 days ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror )
Historically (I'm old) it was used to describe white suburban voters who didn't want nuclear reactors built in their neighborhoods where they wanted to raise their families.

It means something completely opposite nowadays.
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