# YIMBY
## English
### Alternative forms

* yimby

### Etymology

Coined as an antonym for nimby.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɪmbi/

### Phrase

YIMBY
* Acronym of yes, in my backyard.
** 1993, BioCycle - Volume 34, Issues 1-6, page 34:YIMBY encompasses home composting, "grass cycling" and landscape alteration.
** 2000, Greg Kramer, Sim City Three Thousand Unlimited:Buildings that actually boost local land value are, therefore, called "YIMBY" or "Yes In My Back Yard." These beneficial neighbors include Police Stations, Schools, Parks, etc.
* Acronym of yes, in many backyards.
** 1990, Thaddeus C. Trzyna, Ilze M. Gotelli, The Power of convening, page 46:YIMBY does not promise to eliminate risk; it simply spreads it among all those involved. Yesterday, we reiterated several times that equity is critical to any solution, and in this regard YIMBY provides a practical and equitable standard
** 1991, Joseph F. DiMento, LeRoy Graymer, Confronting Regional Challenges: Approaches to LULUs, Growth, and Other Vexing Governance Problems:The concept of YIMBY, or "Yes-In-Many-Backyards," was introduced in the early 1980s in Southern California as a guiding principle to distribute unwanted hazardous waste facilities among all the counties participating in the Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Project (later transposed into a joint powers authority).
** 2019, Daniel Mazmanian, Beyond Superfailure: America's Toxics Policy For The 1990s:In the early 1980s in southern California, the concept of YIMBY (yes in many backyards) was introduced as a guiding principle for distributing unwanted hazardous waste facilities among all the counties participating in the Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Project, which later was restructured into a joint powers authority. The YIMBY philosophy asked each county to take responsibility for its fair share of the waste problem, though not necessarily to manage all of its own wastes.

### Noun

YIMBY (plural YIMBYs)
* Someone who endorses development (especially the construction of more housing) near them.
    Antonym: NIMBY
    The local YIMBYs came out in favor of the project.
** 2001, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).:In my constituency, however, we have the YIMBYs—which stands for “yes in my backyard”. We want an airport at Finningley.
** 2003, National Parks - Volume 77, page 35:Wltll respect to conserved lands, a reversal is occurring—NlMBY (not in my back yard) is being replaced by YIMBY (yes, in my back yard). I am one of thousands of YIMBYs who choose to live near Acadia National Park.
** 2017 July 5, Alana Semuels, “From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard'”, in The Atlantic‎:The city council decided not to consider the measure at that meeting, which the YIMBYs considered a victory.
** 2019 June 28, Patrick Sisson, “YIMBY in action: How pro-housing policies became a political rallying cry”, in Curbed‎:Opponents paint YIMBYs as being in the pocket of real estate interests: naively helping rich developers at best, or outright shills at worst, with funding from tech millionaires.
** 2019 September 19, David Boraks, “YIMBYs say yes to urban density and affordable housing”, in The Charlotte Observer‎:YIMBYs also typically oppose the exclusionary nature of NIMBY campaigns that can lock out people of color and low incomes from certain neighborhoods.

### Adjective

YIMBY (comparative more YIMBY, superlative most YIMBY)
* Supporting nearby development (especially the construction of more housing).
    Antonym: NIMBY
    From a YIMBY perspective, the high-rises are good for the city.
** 1992, Solid Waste & Power - Volume 6, page 28:But some communities have found that a YIMBY attitude (Yes, in my back yard)— with proper quality assurance controls— can pay good dividends.
** 2014, Patrick Devine-Wright, Renewable Energy and the Public: From NIMBY to Participation:Responses to both the PCED and YIMBY surveys identified a need for a variety of mesures to lower the financial and other barriers to the wider consumer uptake of microgeneration systems.
** 2017 July 5, Alana Semuels, “From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard'”, in The Atlantic‎:YIMBY candidates for local Bay Area offices suffered defeat at the ballot box last November.
** 2019 June 28, Patrick Sisson, “YIMBY in action: How pro-housing policies became a political rallying cry”, in Curbed‎:YIMBY political groups still have no blanket national organization.
** 2019 September 19, David Boraks, “YIMBYs say yes to urban density and affordable housing”, in The Charlotte Observer‎:YIMBY groups support denser development with more housing — especially affordable housing.

### Derived terms

* YIMBYism