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minus-squareGamma@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoYou’re wrong: a person who does not want something unpleasant to be built or done near where they live Another! a colloquialism signifying one’s opposition to the locating of something considered undesirable in one’s neighborhood. Maybe one more? opposition to the locating of something considered undesirable (such as a prison or incinerator) in one’s neighborhood
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoNone of those contradict my definition. Not wanting a company dumping fucking trash in the streets is not and does not even vaguely resemble NIMBYism.
minus-squareHeartyBeast@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoThose certain contradict your attempt to place a weird limit on for ‘NIMBY’ can be used.
minus-squaresim_@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoYou’re omitting the part where OP is fine with the “trash dumping” in the streets of other locales. That’s what makes it NIMBY (as OP admits).
minus-squareacastcandream@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoedit: whelp egg on my face on this one. Wasn’t even directed at me.
You’re wrong:
Another!
Maybe one more?
None of those contradict my definition.
Not wanting a company dumping fucking trash in the streets is not and does not even vaguely resemble NIMBYism.
Those certain contradict your attempt to place a weird limit on for ‘NIMBY’ can be used.
You’re omitting the part where OP is fine with the “trash dumping” in the streets of other locales. That’s what makes it NIMBY (as OP admits).
edit: whelp egg on my face on this one. Wasn’t even directed at me.