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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]YIMBY = Yes In My Backyard = the opposite of NIMBY.

The pro-development, pro-any kind of housing at any cost, a movement that straddles the social justice left and the libertarian/pro-corporate right. Locally, YIMBY outlets include Greater Greater Washington, Just Up The Pike, and Market Urbanism Report.

The idea is that deregulating zoning and building everything everywhere, housing at all price points including luxury, will ease the supply/demand ratio and help solve the housing affordability problem. Criticisms from the right include potentially threatening property values of homeowners in wealthy neighborhoods and "social engineering", criticisms from the left include "shilling for corporate developers" and skepticism surrounding the concept of filtering (meaning that construction of new "luxury" units will enable wealthier residents to move into them and open up older, cheaper units for middle and lower income residents). 
YIMBY politicians include Montgomery County Councilmember Hans Riemer.

So what do you think of YIMBYs and their housing solutions? Does it work? [b]Does it benefit high-earning young professionals exclusively?[/b] Does "filtering" work? What are your thoughts. [/quote]

They love to preach to others before retreating to their Takoma Park home, safely protected from all this new development.[/quote]

You haven't been to Takoma Park recently if you are claiming there hasn't been a ton of new development there.

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