# YIMBY Science - Supporting Articles and Data

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**Created:** [February 21, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/yimby-science-supporting-articles-and-data/1793 "2016-02-21T17:22:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![yimbysci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@yimbysci](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/yimbysci)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/yimby-science-supporting-articles-and-data/1793/1 "2016-02-21T17:22:40Z")

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Articles, stories, and science supporting the YIMBY movement; resources to support local groups.

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**Author:** ![yimbysci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@yimbysci](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/yimbysci)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/yimby-science-supporting-articles-and-data/1793/2 "2016-02-21T17:26:08Z")

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[“The Laws of the City”, The Economist, June 2012](http://www.economist.com/node/21557313)  
“Income, patents, savings and other signs of wealth rise by around 15% when a city’s size doubles. In short, urbanites consume less but produce more.”

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**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/yimby-science-supporting-articles-and-data/1793/3 "2016-07-01T20:08:43Z")

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> **[What Is A Yimby?](https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottbeyer/2016/06/30/what-is-a-yimby/#55a1f38067b5)**
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> It's a counterweight to America's "not in my backyard" mentality.

[quote][…]  
Over the last few years, there have been a host of self-described  
“Yimby” organizations (“yes in my backyard”) that have popped up in  
different cities, especially liberal ones, where the housing prices are  
highest and the anti-development sentiment is strongest. Organizations  
include Housing Affordability and Livability (HALA), a government program in Seattle, **the blog New York Yimby** , or the advocacy group San Francisco Bay Area Renters’ Federation (SFBARF).  
[…]  
I had expected “Yimby 2016″ to be a gathering of buttoned-up real estate  
professionals who were there to discuss deregulation strategies. The  
conference was light years away from that; it was largely people in  
their 20′s and 30′s who were coming from progressive cities, and who  
embodied the tenants of modern liberalism in their appearance and  
sensibilities. Although they displayed an understanding about the  
economic benefits of housing growth, their calls for denser development  
seemed more driven by a desire for good urban design, environmentalism,  
and social justice, since tight land use regulations disproportionately  
push out the poor.  
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**Author:** ![tokilamockingbrd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tokilamockingbrd/32/4187_2.png) [@tokilamockingbrd](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/tokilamockingbrd)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/yimby-science-supporting-articles-and-data/1793/4 "2016-07-01T20:22:49Z")

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big time, getting a direct link from a forbes article.