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But Waters, undaunted, continues to spearhead -- along with Doiron and a small army of trowel-wielding terroirists -- a visionary agrarian platform I call YIMBY-ism; the Yes, In My Back Yard! movement.
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But Waters, undaunted, continues to spearhead -- along with Doiron and a small army of trowel-wielding terroirists -- a visionary agrarian platform I call YIMBY-ism; the Yes, In My Back Yard! movement.
Kerry Trueman: A Seedy Campaign In The Name Of Good Taste 2008
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Bronson does that with his latest column "Poor need a 'YIMBY' strategy".
CityLink: White Devils vs. White Christians Divide Black Neighborhood Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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Bronson does that with his latest column "Poor need a 'YIMBY' strategy".
Archive 2005-12-01 Nathaniel Livingston 2005
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And, on this 40th Earth Day, we need more YIMBY environmentalism to help make them happen.
F. Kaid Benfield: Village Green: A Personal Earth Day Journey, from NIMBY to YIMBY 2010
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I then demonstrated my YIMBY credentials by arguing for more, not less, development in some places.
F. Kaid Benfield: Village Green: A Personal Earth Day Journey, from NIMBY to YIMBY 2010
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How could I get from NIMBY to YIMBY, I wondered, and would there be a place for YIMBY thought and advocacy in the environmental movement?
Village Green: A Personal Earth Day Journey, from NIMBY to YIMBY 2010
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How could I get from NIMBY to YIMBY, I wondered, and would there be a place for YIMBY thought and advocacy in the environmental movement?
F. Kaid Benfield: Village Green: A Personal Earth Day Journey, from NIMBY to YIMBY 2010
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I then demonstrated my YIMBY credentials by arguing for more, not less, development in some places.
Village Green: A Personal Earth Day Journey, from NIMBY to YIMBY 2010
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And, on this 40th Earth Day, we need more YIMBY environmentalism to help make them happen.
Village Green: A Personal Earth Day Journey, from NIMBY to YIMBY 2010
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YIMBY is short for “Yes in my back yard”, a twist on the complaint often heard from residents who don’t want anything new built near their homes.
Is living in an empty office the answer to the housing crisis? Matt Haber 2023
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She has been one of the most pointed and consistent critics of pure market-based housing advocacy, also known as YIMBY (yes in my backyard), which she sometimes calls the “all housing matters” movement.
Opinion | Want to Solve the Housing Crisis? Take Over Hotels. By 2021
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Mr. Shor, who shares the views of a group of pro-housing-development activists known as YIMBYs, said that his place, at nearly 2,000 square feet, is simply too big for one person.
David Shor, a Data Guru for Democrats, Throws One Last Bash By 2022
alexz commented on the word YIMBY
Yes In My Back Yard
- opposite of NIMBY
June 30, 2016