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NIMBYies will never learn (media.scored.co)
posted 17 hours ago by big_fat_dangus on scored.co (+0 / -0 / +23Score on mirror )
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FourteenEightyFour on scored.co
17 hours ago 4 points (+0 / -0 / +4Score 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
16 hours ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / +1Score on mirror ) 1 child
Not in my back yard
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zk3hf9dB on scored.co
6 hours ago 0 points (+0 / -0 )
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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