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>NIMBY is largely used for housing development discussions and to contort it in support of developing data centers is incredibly intellectually dishonest. No,
by gruez 2mo ago
>NIMBY is largely used for housing development discussions and to contort it in support of developing data centers is incredibly intellectually dishonest.
No, it's frequently used in infrastructure discussions as well, eg. high speed rail or power transmission lines.
- goatlover 2mo agoOr like property on the Texas Mexico border through which a wall is being built sealing off acres of private land from the owner.
- rayiner 2mo agoThat’s the opposite of NIMBYism. Public infrastructure getting built despite inconvenience to affected landowners.
- hotpotatoe 2mo agoThat pointless infrastructure that has ‘inconvenienced’ landowners is also destroying a national park, so I guess we are all being inconvenienced. And funneled billions of tax dollars to private contractors.
- rayiner 2mo agoYes, building public infrastructure generally involves paying private contractors to do it. Who do you think builds government buildings?