NIMBY
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Not in my back yard, or NIMBY for short, is a common phrase describing the opposition by residents to proposed real estate and infrastructure developments in their local area, as well as support for s
Unfinished tower in Tenleytown, Washington, D.C. that was later removed as a result of complaints from the neighborhood
Proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, 130 km (80 mi) northwest of Las Vegas, was approved by the government and then opposed by the citizens of Nevada. Federal funding ended in 2011.
A sign in Detroit in 1942, opposing the plan for the nearby Sojourner Truth Project, a public housing project that was predicted to have Black residents; the plan partially led to the 1943 Detroit race riot
Wind generator in Nova Scotia
Halfway house
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A halfway house is a type of prison or institute intended to teach the necessary skills for people to re-integrate into society and better support and care for themselves. Halfway houses are typically
NIMBY
…housing for the financially disadvantaged, supportive housing for the mentally ill, congregate living care homes (as for the developmentally disabled), halfway houses for drug addicts and criminals, and homeless shelters. Services catering to certain stigmatized groups (for example, injection drug users), such as…
The Turman Halfway House, a Texas Department of Juvenile Justice halfway house in Austin, Texas, U.S.
Home of Industry and Refuge for Discharged Convicts, New York City in the 1890s