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Nimby - Please!!
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Posted by: forwardone
NIMBY (an initialism for Not In My Back Yard) is an acronym for the phenomenon in which residents oppose a development as being inappropriate for their local area. It is used to signify protest by people whose major concern about some development or activity is for it not be associated with or developed within their locale. Such protesters are often known as NIMBYs or NIMBYists. While they may protest many kinds of development, they are primarily encountered when a developer or local administration attempts to build or expand housing, shopping, office space, or a major road. However this is also used to describe protesters who protest against other forms of developmental activity in their area, such as infrastructure projects (power plants, electrical transmission lines, wastewater treatment plants, quarries, landfills and prisons), new housing developments, cult-like or alternative lifestyle communes, religious buildings, and the like.
The Oxford English Dictionary describes the phrase as originating in the United States, with the first recorded usage being in 1980 in the Christian Science Monitor.
Source: Wikipedia