YIMBY

YIMBY is an acronym for Yes In My Back Yard in contrast and opposition to the NIMBY phenomenon. YIMBY can be described as something the people demand be put in their area. Informal YIMBY coalitions exist in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Stockholm , Gothenburg , Uppsala , Oslo , Phoenix, Seattle and elsewhere to provide community support for affordable housing or market-rate property development over the objections of NIMBY, BANANA and bureaucratic opponents.^{[citation needed]}

There is also a growing YIMBY movement to encourage the installation of clean energy sources, such as wind turbines, despite the opposition these generally face from NIMBY groups.

See also

• BANANA
• CAVE People
• Drawbridge mentality
• Luddite

External links

• LiveablePlaces.org — Los Angeles YIMBY and environmentalist group
• YIMBY Festival — Annual Toronto YIMBY Festival 2008
• YIMBY Arizona Phoenix — YIMBY