There was a great This American Life about this recently: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/562/the-problem-we-all-live-with http://www.thi

There was a great This American Life about this recently: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/562/the-problem-we-all-live-with http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/562/t... TLDR is massive NIMBY and some pretty ugly stuff. Highly recommend listening to the episode.