Nimby and banana
June 26, 2007
I do quite a lot of work with local authorities desperately trying to solve the waste crisis in the area, so I knew the term "nimby" (Not In My Back Yard), which describes people who refuse to have anything new built near their home (and particularly not anything to do with waste). I learnt a new one during a recent meeting for people who are slightly more extreme than that: "banana" (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone). No need to explain this one.
Posted by céline, in Words, on June 26, 2007This is FUN !
Céline's piece piqued my curiosity, so I had a little trawl around the web. Several sites publish lists of these acronyms relating to real estate development, land use, etc.
I've found one or two that might be worth mentioning:
NUMBY: not under my back yard (no tunnels etc)
NOPE : not on Planet Earth
LULU : any work or project to which local residents are opposed. It stands, apparently, for "locally unwanted land use."
And lastly, my favourite:
CAVE: people who don't want any new work or development at all, or "citizens against virtually everything".
I'd like to join, but I'm against groups of that kind.
Posted by Xavier Kreiss on June 26, 2007 3:06 PM
the BANANA people sound simply bananas :)
Fab, thanks!
Posted by céline on June 26, 2007 3:10 PMNOTE = Not Over There Either
NIMEY = Not In My Election Year
That one's for Gordon!
Posted by Amanda Grey on June 28, 2007 3:25 PMBeing a Sim City fan, I had already heard of the 'Not In My Back Yard' acronym as opposed to the 'Yes In My Back Yard'.
In fact you can find on the internet different 'NIMBY/YIMBY' lists which show you the influence that the different buildings will have on crime, pollution, development of residential areas, etc.
Unfortunately, never heard of BANANAs ;)
Posted by Antonia on July 1, 2007 10:35 AMPrevious: June 21, 2007
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