YIMBY sounds nice.
YIMBY stands for “Yes in My Backyard.” It’s a positive-sounding rejoinder to NIMBY, “Not in My Backyard.”
The NIMBY label is being used to stigmatize defenders of zoning laws, with the goal of bulldozing the rules.
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