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comment by _refugee_
_refugee_  ·  2114 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America’s Millennials Are Waking Up to a Grim Financial Future

Yea I’ve read this comment so many times and I just don’t see how the first part leads to the second part at all.





tacocat  ·  2114 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've read it once and stopped stone cold because I don't know what a NIMBY is and looking it up on my phone is a hassle right now

edricarica  ·  2114 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Not In My Back Yard"

as wikipedia describes it : "a pejorative characterization of opposition by residents to a proposed development in their local area"

mostly it seems to be when middle-class people want, say, a new runway built but don't want their houses to be in the flyover zone, or demand sustainable power but don't wand wind turbines in sight of their gardens.