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Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by fmdragon on Thursday December 12, 2013 @09:29AM (#6894550)
Come on, don't be such a NIMBY.
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Re:Canada Post to phase out urban home mail delivery by graeme on Thursday December 12, 2013 @06:50PM (#6898136)
I don't think that's a proper use of NIMBY. NIMBY refers to something like a waste treatment plant. Society needs it somewhere, and everyone would prefer it to be in someone else's backyard.

This mailbox proposal would put mailboxes in everyone's backyard.

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