alt Hacker NewsIt's this really YIMBY or actually YIYBY ? It's difficult to tell checking the whole website.
Edit to be more explicit: are the people that sent/asked to send the 2 letters to the City Council residents of Rancho Palos Verdes?
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triceratops • today at 4:00 PM
Barring eminent domain, YIYBY is impossible. It's always YIMBY.
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moron4hire • today at 3:54 PM
I don't know, does new housing or municipal services get built in anyone's literal backyard? So it's not Your or My Backyard, really.
NIMBYism has always been about nosy people obstructing progress.
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cbeach • today at 3:51 PM
Definitely YIYBY.
If you're going to invent the term YIYBY are you willing to acknowledge far more NIYBY than NIMBY behavior?