Only NIMBYs are trying to control other people's backyards. YIMBYs can't do anything to your backyard, because you own it and can make any choices about your pr

Only NIMBYs are trying to control other people's backyards. YIMBYs can't do anything to your backyard, because you own it and can make any choices about your property for yourself. But you don't own your neighbor's backyard any more than some schmuck who lives hundreds of miles away does. Perhaps you had the impression that your title and deed gave you property rights over your neighbor's yard merely because you live in the same neighborhood. If so, you were mistaken.