The eastside freeway in Atlanta doesn't exist because NIMBYs opposed it for years and the final stake through the heart of the project was when Jimmy Carter sel

The eastside freeway in Atlanta doesn't exist because NIMBYs opposed it for years and the final stake through the heart of the project was when Jimmy Carter selected a site for his presidential library right in the middle of path the freeway was to take. Instead Atlanta got Freedom Parkway (most famous as the cover image for 'The Walking Dead'), a much lower capacity, much less useful road but also one that didn't destroy the surrounding neighborhoods like the Downtown Connector did with African-American neighborhoods such as Buttermilk Bottom. NIMBYism stops many useful projects but it also protects a lot worth saving.