Everywhere has a big NIMBY problem. Where I'm from in St. Louis they're seeing one of the biggest (although still modest in absolute terms) construction booms i

Everywhere has a big NIMBY problem. Where I'm from in St. Louis they're seeing one of the biggest (although still modest in absolute terms) construction booms in over 50 years and people are complaining. This is a city that has lost 2/3 its peak population, that has underfunded basic services, that has tens of thousands of vacant buildings and lots. But when somebody wants to build a new apartment building in a single-family neighborhood we get questions like, "where will people park?" And even straight-faced complaints about gentrification (in a city where you can still find apartments for $400/month). Incumbents can derail almost anything, even in a city that should be begging for new development. It's a huge problem.