>>I suspect we can trace the triumph of NIMBYism to the baby-boom reaching the "get off my lawn" age. Doubtful. The majority of people hate change, and that ha

>>I suspect we can trace the triumph of NIMBYism to the baby-boom reaching the "get off my lawn" age. Doubtful. The majority of people hate change, and that has probably always been true. A large population influx inevitably causes change, both because of the number of people and because they are always culturally different to some extent. A lot of this used to get wrapped up in nationalism/racism. See US history of prejudice against the Irish, Italians, Poles, etc etc etc. Heck, we even had legal immigration caps on Chinese people. The Boomers might just be the first to resist changes via zoning and regulation rather than more direct action.