politically correct green (as in vegetation) nimbies (may object to nuclear power plants, polluting factories, etc.)
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Nimby
//ˈnɪm.bi//
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socially conservative brown (as in shirts) nimbies (may object to the building of jails, prisons, housing for ex-convicts, drinking or adult entertainment establishments)
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fiscally conservative green (as in money) nimbies (may object to the building of anything which may decrease preexisting property values)
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Of course, in China everything is determined by the state. So many times, when I asked how China had managed to build this network so quickly, I was told that it was because the government had backed it. And, of course, there are fewer Nimbys in an authoritarian state.
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