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[[File:Legalize-Housing-Vancouver-poster.jpg|thumb|right|350px|poster from Abundant Housing Vancouver]]
'''YIMBY''' is an acronym for Yes In My Back Yard, coined in contrast to the [[NIMBY_concept|NIMBY]] (Not In My Back Yard) syndrome, and describing a point of view and various advocacy groups which support growth, new housing, new transportation infrastructure, and broad urban development generally.
The term 'YIMBY' seems to have originally arisen in the U.S. waste-management industry in the 1980s to suggest an alternative view to NIMBY opposition then perceived as imperiling the siting and operation of waste plants.
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A 2005 edit on the Wikipedia 'YIMBY' page observed:
<blockquote>''"YIMBY is an acronym for Yes In My Back Yard, in contrast and opposition to the NIMBY phenomenon. Informal YIMBY coalitions exist in San Francisco, Los Angeles and elsewhere to provide community support for affordable and market-rate housing projects over the objections of NIMBY, BANANA and bureaucratic opponents."''</blockquote> ▼
▲''"YIMBY is an acronym for Yes In My Back Yard, in contrast and opposition to the NIMBY phenomenon. Informal YIMBY coalitions exist in San Francisco, Los Angeles and elsewhere to provide community support for affordable and market-rate housing projects over the objections of NIMBY, BANANA and bureaucratic opponents."''
<br/> The first organization to explicitly use 'YIMBY' in its name was YIMBY Stockholm, founded in 2007.
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