Fvck Santa Cruz NIMBYS sticker

3" circle sticker with glossy finish.

What's a NIMBY? The "Not in My Back Yard" mentality describes residents who consider a new development (e.g. shelter, affordable housing, group home) undesirable, inappropriate, or unwanted in one's neighborhood.

The opposition to affordable, supportive or transitional housing is usually based on the assumed characteristics of the population that will be living in the development. Common arguments are that there will be increases in crime, litter, and violence. The benefits for the residents of the development are often ignored.

The phrase is also used by social service and environmental justice advocates to imply an absence of social conscience expressed by a class-, race-, or disability-based opposition to the location of social-service facilities in neighborhoods.