NIMBY and YIMBY related terms: Difference between revisions

*'''NIMPLE''': '''N'''ot '''I'''n '''M'''y '''P'''ersonal '''L'''if'''eE'''. A culture common among physicians, clinicians, and mental health practitioners and social workers such as LCSW, CADC and QMHP who work with houseless drug addicts. The characteristiccharacteristics of this line of thinkingculture: HavingOften professionaldo opinionsnot that maybe inwant the bestgeneral interest for the healthcharacteristics of their professional clients thatanywhere maynear come at thetheir expensehome. of community safety. Not surprisingly, these people seek to haveestablish stringentstrict boundaries between their professional and personal boundarieslife. with not just the clientsWhat they workadvocate with,professionally butoften manydiametrically don't wantopposed to bewhat onthey thevalue receivingin endtheir ofpersonal thelife. thingsThey theymay aretake advocatingthe fortime andto oftengo livecomplain about inopposing aissues communitythat wheremay generalattract demographicspeople that describenear their clientsown andhouse theirthat activitiesfit (likethe cardemographic prowling,of drugthose dealing,they dirtysee needles,in thefts)their areprofessional not invitedlife. Instead, they try to push their professional ideas away from where they live and away from their own children/grand children. People who participate in this ideology often don't want anything to do with ideas they pitch or clients they advocate for in their own personal life. As an example, City of Portland's OMF-HUCIRP program coordinator Katie Lindsay advocates for restrooms and safe drug injection sites<ref>https://oregonrecyclers.org/sites/oregonrecyclers.org//files/aor_2018_fall_forum_presentations.pdf</ref>(page 26), and suggested to homeless people to RV camp in Walmart parking lots.<ref name="HUCIRPLindsay"/>(page 8) However, When there was an impending threat that such destination was about to establish near her own personal house in Sherwood, she became a vocal opponent and voiced oppositions on the account of speculated "transient activities" "public intoxications" and "heavy crime"<ref name="HUCIRPLindsay"/>, which are essentially the same thing she is encouraging by promoting safe injection sites in some other people's backyard. AnotherHeather exampleHafer, isa Director, Communicablecommunications Diseaseofficer for Multnomahthe CountyCity whoof professionallyPortland advocatesOMF forcriticized "needcitizens based"who syringecall give-outher service.office Shecomplaining isabout professionallyvagrancy makingsaying over"“I $100,000/yearwish inmore salaryof and(the livescallers) inwould take a community that is not welcomingminute to thethink demographicabout shewhat advocatesit forwould professionally.be Peoplelike whoto worknot inhave otherworking professions often embrace what they do professionallyplumbing in their personal life. Essentiallyhomes,” "yesHafer to toilets for the houselesssaid, harm“and reductionpractice approach,some safeempathy injectionbefore sites,sending peopleprofanity-laden whothreats useto drugssenior inmanagement otherand people'selected neighborhoodofficials.”" Yet, butshe "noapparently todidn't dealinglike withpeople transients,showing heavyup crime,to publicthe intoxication,front INof MYher COMMUNITYhouse wherein I'mmiddle raisingof mythe childrennight." On<ref>https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/12/portable-toilets-in-southeast-portland-stolen-vandalized-in-escalating-fight-between-city-and-neighbors.html</ref> the otherIn handcontrast, outdoorcommunity storemembers workersin andPortland, animal careespecially takersthose generallywho loveare outdoornot activitiesas andaffluent animalsas in their personal lives andherself have lesserto boundariesdeal aboutwith intersectionaround-the-clock betweenloitering personaland lifeprowling andby clientsdrug addicts.

In other words, trying to impose projects you do not want in your own backyard into somewhere that affects other people without affecting your personal comfort. https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/02/an-urban-plan-nearly-everyone-can-love-yes-in-your-backyard/ "Under this plan, his neighborhood will be untouched, while others will get exactly the kind of development he says he doesn’t want near him."<br /> &nbsp;Another example is that of a City of Portland's HUCIRP coordinator Katherine Lindsay<ref>https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/katherine-lindsay-portland-or/1033681</ref><ref>https://www.katherinerlindsay.com/</ref> who works with homeless professionally, but that becomes "dealing with transients" when they're camping in her own neighborhood and, complained to the city council of her suburban city urging them block the development of a 24 hour Walmart citing transient activity concerns.<ref name="HUCIRPLindsay">Testimony of Katherine Kalpakis (Katherine Lindsay) at Sherwood City council<nowiki/>https://web.archive.org/web/20170131134712/https://www.sherwoodoregon.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/city_council/meeting/1330/06.12.13_city_council_minutes.pdf</ref>