Annoyance of the day: People who refuse to distinguish between “not in MY backyard” and “not in anyones backyard”.
Being against something that impacts you, but for the same thing if it only impacts other people, is hypocritical and leads to problematic outcomes in local governance.
Being against things that have huge externalities compared to their benefits, regardless of how close those externalities are to you, is simply good policy.
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As a rule, a politician make broad rules against things across a large city, province, or country, is not a nimby, by definition. They are making rules against things that are almost entirely not near them.