The acronym NIMBY stands for “Not In My Back Yard.” A more emphatic version used among urban planners is BANANA, which stands for Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “BANANA Acronym”
You know, when you hear about controversies over zoning or where to put something, you hear the term NIMBY, right?
Oh, for building and urban planning.
Right.
And NIMBY stands for not in my backyard.
But there’s an even stronger version of that, which I didn’t realize until the other day, and that’s banana.
Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone.
Banana.
Right.
What I have is enough, and anyone who comes after can just suffer.
Yeah, NIMBY and banana.
And of course there’s the YIMBY, which is the positive.
The people’s like, all right, I’m willing to take a compromise on my neighborhood and get this thing built.
YIMBY?
YIMBY, yes, in my backyard.
Oh, I didn’t know that one.
I guess I don’t hear it that often.
No, the NIMBY voices are somehow louder, more frequent.
Not to mention the banana voices.
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