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LULUs, NIMBYs, and BANANAs: just say no to just saying NOPE

December 12, 2007

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

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building, builtenvironment, development, greenhousegases, land, NIMBY, population, smartgrowth, sprawl

I love these acronyms: LULU – Locally Unwanted Land Use.  NIMBY – Not In My Back Yard.  NOPE – Not On Planet Earth (!).  And my absolute favorite: BANANA – Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything.  I hope you’re at...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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