History Main / NotInMyBackyard

* Airports. They're obviously useful for travel, but few people want to live that close to one or have them open up a new runway/terminal near their house due to the noise and possible pollution. Furthermore, land close to the city center can be expensive. Those two things have combined in making airports farther and farther out more and more common. Munich's airport for instance was relocated in 1992 to be almost 30 km North of the city and similar things are planned for Berlin or London, though they are running into NIMBY problems at the new sites, naturally. Some coastal cities instead [[TakeAThirdOption make new land to put the airport on]], which mostly solves the problems of expensive real estate (although reclaiming land can itself be expensive) and complaining neighbours, although noise from planes flying over populated areas can still be a problem (for instance, one of the runways at Boston's Logan Airport is only allowed to handle flights departing or arriving over the harbour, and there is a hotel immediately to the northwest of the airport which was built specifically to make it impossible for said runway to be extended any further in that direction).

For the webcomic of the same name, go [[Webcomic/NotInMyBackyard here]].

-->--'''[[Series/BlueHeelers Tom Croydon,]]''' [[{{Novelization}} Tom's Story.]]

* One episode of ''Series/YesMinister'' centers around Sir Humphrey trying to get Ministerial approval for a new chemical plant intended to make something called Dioxin. Unfortunately, since the chemical's name is similar to Metadioxin, which was involved in a recent toxic spill incident on the Continent, there's a big NIMBY lobby to prevent mass production of Dioxin anywhere near anyplace anyone lives, even though Dioxin is harmless.

* In the '90s ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' cartoon; Shredder and Baxter were raiding a hidden science testing facility deep in the bad part New York City. When asked why it was ''here'' of all places by Baxter, Shredder replies on how it's because "if it blows up the neighborhood, nobody cares."

* ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'' features a similar [=NIMBY=] system as the ''[=SimCity=]'' example above. However, you now have to factor what you should and should not build in your zones. For example, lumping in industrial zones right next to your residential areas will pollute the water system and makes your citizens sick and forces the medical service buildings (if you have any built in your city) to dispatch ambulances to pick up your ill citizens and send them to the nearest medical service building for treatment. This also applies if you connect any water pipe from a residential zone to an industrial zone regardless if your industrial areas are built away from your residential ones; no matter if you have water treatment facilities to deal with the wastewater buildup, the consequences will remain the same until you appropriately fix them. Also debuting in this game is the introduction of noise pollution. Even otherwise non-ground polluting buildings should be built away from residential zones as your citizens will complain about the noise and eventually will get sick due to vertigo or hearing damage caused by your noise-generating buildings. The construction of roads also influence the amount of noise pollution as well. Small, two-lane roads don't generate much noise and are ideal for low-density residential and commercial areas but high-density zones dislike them because they generate a lot of traffic due to so many vehicles using up a single lane at once and therefore contributes to noise buildup. Six-lane roads are generally suited to industrial and high-density commercial zones but not for residential ones as they generate a lot of ground-level noise thanks to major traffic buildup. Four-lane roads serve a comfortable middle ground between two-lane and six-lane roads and are suited to any buildable zone except low-density residential areas. Ironically, the game does not feature air pollution generated from any of the buildings unlike ''[=SimCity=]''.

* Averted in [[UsefulNotes/{{Iceland}} Reykjavík]], where Iceland’s oldest prison, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegningarh%C3%BAsi%C3%B0 Hegningarhúsið]], is still in (partial) use.

** You also have to take into account where you're going to dump your waste water. The game features realistic water flow -- [[ShownTheirWork yes, they had the staff learn Navier-Stokes equations and partial differential vector calculus]] -- which means you'd better make sure your poop water won't get sucked by a water pump downstream or get trapped in a stagnant pool.

** You also have to take into account where you're going to dump your waste water. The game features realistic water flow -- [[ShownTheirWork yes, they had the staff learn partial differential vector calculus and the Navier-Stokes equations]] -- which means you'd better make sure your poop water won't get sucked by a water pump downstream or get trapped in a stagnant pool.

* Big infrastructure projects are very prone to this and [=NIMBYs=] are one of the main reasons why many a project has spent decades in DevelopmentHell, even if it was approved in a ballot measure by supermajorities or basically all political parties agree it to be the best thing since sliced bread. [[TropesAreNotBad On the other hand]], NIMBY concerns have on occasion kept cities from making disastrous decisions and some politicians are even able to admit [[JerkassHasAPoint that the NIMBYs were right]], decades after the fact.

* Airports. They're obviously useful for travel, but few people want to live that close to one or have them open up a new runway/terminal near their house due to the noise and possible pollution. Furthermore, land close to the city center can be expensive. Those two things have combined in making airports farther and farther out more and more common. Munich's airport for instance was relocated in 1992 to be almost 30 km North of the city and similar things are planned for Berlin or London, though they are running into NIMBY problems at the new sites, naturally. Some coastal cities instead [[TakeAThirdOption make new land to put the airport on]], which mostly solves the problems of expensive real estate (although reclaiming land can itself be expensive) and complaining neighbours, although noise from planes flying over populated areas can still be a problem (for instance, one of the runways at UsefulNotes/Boston's Logan Airport is only allowed to handle flights departing or arriving over the harbour, and there is a hotel immediately to the northwest of the airport which was built specifically to make it impossible for said runway to be extended any further in that direction).

** They then visit the stamp museum and complain about how long the journey took.

* This is a particularly curly issue in the quiet island of Tasmania, with efforts to push out industry and keep the environment serene and untouched. The issue is a long and storied one, with the NIMBY side opposing the pollution of the proposed pulp mill; with some going as far as vowing their blood will stain the wattle before it gets built, and the YIMBY side wanting more progress, development and employment opportunities. Both sides have a valid argument but who is in the right [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment is not something this is the place to discuss.]]

* Airports. They're obviously useful for travel, but few people want to live that close to one or have them open up a new runway/terminal near their house due to the noise and possible pollution. Furthermore, land close to the city center can be expensive. Those two things have combined in making airports farther and farther out more and more common. Munich's airport for instance was relocated in 1992 to be almost 30 km North of the city and similar things are planned for Berlin or London, though they are running into NIMBY problems at the new sites, naturally.

* Casinos. They are supposed to solve a tax problem for the whole county or state. (Remember all that lottery money that was ''supposed'' to go to education?) The builders tend to put them in places that are conveniently away from most people, but the local residents have to deal with the increased traffic, inconvenience of the construction machines in the area and such. BUT, since ''the whole county'' votes on whether or not to grant zone variance(s) to allow the building, the locals are out-voted by the people who won't have to deal with the headaches that are created.

* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', taking Not In My Backyard to its logical extreme, the Malon are a race that never bothered to develop clean ways of disposing of waste, because they simply shipped it all off to somewhere else, a long way away.

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

* Roads themselves can also be affected by the [=NIMBY=] backlash depending on what type of road is constructed and where they are built. Multiple-lane roads, for example, are not desirable for certain areas such as rural community developments and low-density residential zones because of the traffic buildup which can lead to noise and air pollution. Single-lane roads, on the other hand, don't translate well in dense, urban areas for pretty much the same reasons as multiple-lane roads are in rural areas; only the traffic is far more of an issue than pollution.

* Roads themselves can also be affected by the [=NIMBY=] backlash depending on what type of road is constructed and where they are built. Multiple-lane roads, for example, are not desirable for certain areas such as rural community developments and low-density residential zones because of the traffic buildup which can lead to noise and air pollution. Single-lane roads, on the other hand, don't translate well in dense, urban areas for pretty much the same reasons as multiple-lane roads are in rural areas; only the traffic is far more of an issue than pollution.

* ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'' features a similar [=NIMBY=] system as the ''[=SimCity=]'' example above. However, you now have to factor what you should and should not build in your zones. For example, lumping in industrial zones right next to your residential areas will pollute the water system and makes your citizens sick and forces the medical service buildings (if you have any built in your city) to dispatch ambulances to pick up your ill citizens and send them to the nearest medical service building for treatment. This also applies if you connect any water pipe from a residential zone to an industrial zone regardless if your industrial areas are built away from your residential ones; no matter if you have water treatment facilities to deal with the wastewater buildup, the consequences will remain the same until you appropriately fix them. Also debuting in this game is the introduction of noise pollution. Even otherwise non-ground polluting buildings should be built away from residential zones as your citizens will complain about the noise and eventually will get sick due to vertigo or hearing damage caused by your noise-generating buildings. The construction of roads also influence the amount of noise pollution as well. Small, two-lane roads don't generate much noise and are ideal for low-density residential and commercial areas but high-density zones dislike them because they generate a lot of traffic due to so many vehicles using up a single lane at once and therefore contributes to noise buildup. Six-lane roads are generally suited to industrial and high-density commercial zones but not for residential ones as they generate a lot of ground-level noise thanks to major traffic buildup. Four-lane roads serve a comfortable middle ground between one-lane and three-lane roads and are suited to any buildable zone except low-density residential areas. Ironically, the game does not feature air pollution generated from any of the buildings unlike ''[=SimCity=]''.

* ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'' features a similar [=NIMBY=] system as the ''[=SimCity=]'' example above. However, you now have to factor what you should and should not build in your zones. For example, lumping in industrial zones right next to your residential areas will pollute the water system and makes your citizens sick and forces the medical service buildings (if you have any built in your city) to dispatch ambulances to pick up your ill citizens and send them to the nearest medical service building for treatment. This also applies if you connect any water pipe from a residential zone to an industrial zone regardless if your industrial areas are built away from your residential ones; no matter if you have water treatment facilities to deal with the wastewater buildup, the consequences will remain the same until you appropriately fix them. Also debuting in this game is the introduction of noise pollution. Even otherwise non-ground polluting buildings should be built away from residential zones as your citizens will complain about the noise and eventually will get sick due to vertigo or hearing damage caused by your noise-generating buildings. The construction of roads also influence the amount of noise pollution as well. Small, one-lane roads don't generate much noise and are ideal for low-density residential and commercial areas but high-density zones dislike them because they generate a lot of traffic due to so many vehicles using up a single lane at once and therefore contributes to noise buildup. Three-lane roads are generally suited to industrial and high-density commercial zones but not for residential ones as they generate a lot of ground-level noise thanks to major traffic buildup. Two-lane roads serve a comfortable middle ground between one-lane and three-lane roads and are suited to any buildable zone except low-density residential areas. Ironically, the game does not feature air pollution generated from any of the buildings unlike ''[=SimCity=]''.

* ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'' features a similar [=NIMBY=] system as the ''[=SimCity=]'' example above. However, you now have to factor what you should and should not build in your zones. For example, lumping in industrial zones right next to your residential areas will pollute the water system and makes your citizens sick and forces the medical service buildings (if you have any built in your city) to dispatch ambulances to pick up your ill citizens and send them to the nearest medical service building for treatment. This also applies if you connect any water pipe from a residential zone to an industrial zone regardless if your industrial areas are built away from your residential ones; no matter if you have water treatment facilities to deal with the wastewater buildup, the consequences will remain the same until you appropriately fix them. Also debuting in this game is the introduction of noise pollution. Even otherwise non-ground polluting buildings should be built away from residential zones as your citizens will complain about the noise and eventually will get sick due to vertigo or hearing damage caused by your noise-generating buildings. The construction of roads also influence the amount of noise pollution as well. Small, one-lane roads don't generate much noise and are ideal for low-density residential and commercial areas but high-density zones dislike them because it generates a lot of traffic due to so many vehicles using up a single lane at once and therefore contributes to noise buildup. Three-lane roads are generally suited to industrial and high-density commercial zones but not for residential ones as it generates a lot of ground-level noise thanks to major traffic buildup. Two-lane roads serve a comfortable middle ground between one-lane and three-lane roads and are suited to any buildable zone except low-density residential areas. Ironically, the game does not feature air pollution generated from any of the buildings unlike ''[=SimCity=]''.

* ''VideoGame/CitiesSkylines'' features a similar [=NIMBY=] system as the ''[=SimCity=]'' example above. However, you now have to factor what you should and should not build in your zones. For example, lumping in industrial zones right next to your residential areas will pollute the water system and makes your citizens sick and forces the medical service buildings (if you have any built in your city) to dispatch ambulances to pick up your ill citizens and send them to the nearest medical service building for treatment. This also applies if you connect any water pipe from a residential zone to an industrial zone regardless if your industrial areas are built away from your residential ones; no matter if you have water treatment facilities to deal with the wastewater buildup, the consequences will remain the same until you appropriately fix them. Also debuting in this game is the introduction of noise pollution. Even otherwise non-ground polluting buildings should be built away from residential zones as your citizens will complain about the noise and eventually will get sick due to vertigo or hearing damage caused by your noise-generating buildings. The construction of roads also influence the amount of noise pollution too. Small, one-lane roads don't generate much noise and are ideal for low-density residential and commercial areas but high-density zones dislike them because it generates a lot of traffic due to so many vehicles using up a single lane at once and therefore contributes to noise buildup. Three-lane roads are generally suited to industrial and high-density commercial zones but not for residential ones as it generates a lot of ground-level noise thanks to major traffic buildup. Two-lane roads serve a comfortable middle ground between one-lane and three-lane roads and are suited to any buildable zone except low-density residential areas. Ironically, the game does not feature air pollution generated from any of the buildings unlike ''[=SimCity=]''.