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Miser t1_isobm0m wrote

It's so strange that city hall is still so nimby and lacking vision when it comes to bike projects. Deblasio was considered to be very useless but that's TONS of credit for the Brooklyn bridge bike lane. Think about how easy and small of a project that is in the great scheme of New York construction. The work to payoff ratio is enormous. You'd think city hall would realize this and lean into r/micromobilityNYC projects hard

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[deleted] t1_isphcvo wrote

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Miser t1_ispi5m7 wrote

NIMBYism isn't just about buildings, or about housing or whatever you think it is. It's about resistance to changing the city and our built environment at all.

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[deleted] t1_ispkc2n wrote

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Miser t1_ispmure wrote

NIMBY literally means "not in my backyard" and significantly predates the Not Just Bikes youtube channel. Good lord

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[deleted] t1_ispn84b wrote

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lickedTators t1_isq9h28 wrote

First time I heard the word NIMBY it was in reference to people opposed to a walking path through some wildish land because of "environmental concerns" (oddly enough, only people who had a view were opposed).

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