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Isn't that exactly what NIMBY means?

People want the power to stay on but they don't want the power generation built near them.



I think if something is built near you that materially lowers the quality of your life, being angry about it is not NIMBYism

I personally think NIMBYism is more along the lines of "this doesn't negatively impact my day to day life, but I'm worried it will lower my property value"


I think that might be an uncommon definition, but language is fluid so who knows




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