I don't think I'd put it that way. For the average NIMBY their friends and social circle are often suffering or benefiting from the same projects as them and f

I don't think I'd put it that way. For the average NIMBY their friends and social circle are often suffering or benefiting from the same projects as them and from the inside it feels more like protecting their community than protecting themselves. But of course a community is just as much defined by who is outside it as who is inside.