Nimbyist

Synonyms for "nimbyist" (2 found)

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It has overcome the nimbyists and the naysayers to build a successful airline operation.

Source: wiktionary

It was another chapter in a dismal saga of Nimbyist urban mismanagement that is crushing American cities. Not-in-my-backyardism is a bipartisan sentiment, but because the largest American cities are populated and run by Democrats — many in states under complete Democratic control — this sort of nakedly exclusionary urban restrictionism is a particular shame of the left.

Source: wiktionary

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