Not in My Back Yard: Difference between revisions

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[[Blue Heelers|Tom Croydon,]] [[Novelization|Tom's Story.]] }}

 

While it might be rather selfish to want the benefits of such amenities while declaring the downsides to be [[Somebody Else's Problem]], it can be justified - there is little to no reward for living nearby, and often the decrease in housing prices actually punishes the neighbours on top of the lowered quality of life. It's not necessarily hypocritical except in Zero-sum situations where they [[Jerkass|want the good]] [[Somebody Else's Problem|without the bad]].

 

 

Also known as [[Fun with Acronyms|NIMBY]]. There is apparently a more extreme version that does believe that everything noisy, smelly, polluting, dangerous or ugly should be built in the middle of nowhere, dubbed "BANANAs" - "Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone", which is a viable option... [[Easy Logistics|in some video games]].

* An episode of ''[[Boston Legal]]'' focused on this problem, with some townspeople employing the firm to stop the production of a nuclear power plant in their area. Opposing counsel actually points out the use of this trope and rhetorically asks ''where'' they're meant to put the plant, as they'd already thought they'd chosen a perfectly remote location before the ruckus started.

* This is the title of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' episode in which an unpopular real estate development planned for a small village results in murder.

* In [[Desperate Housewives]], the neighborhood holds a protest rally after plans for moving convicts into their street start going ahead. It ends badly. For everyone.