This phrase has been attributed to Walter Rodger and British Conservative minister Nicholas Ridley. It is a reaction to potential externalities, examples of which are socio-economic, when a poor family wants to move into a rich neighborhood, or environmental, when officials propose to build a superhighway, transmission lines, or a power plant close to a residential area. For ten points, name this phrase or its five-letter acronym, often shouted by people who do not want 
This phrase has been attributed to Walter Rodger and British Conservative minister Nicholas Ridley. It is a reaction to potential externalities, examples of which are socio-economic, when a poor family wants to move into a rich neighborhood, or environmental, when officials propose to build a superhighway, transmission lines, or a power plant close to a residential area. For ten points, name this phrase or its five-letter acronym, often shouted by people who do not want undesirable projects undertaken anywhere close to them.
This phrase has been attributed to Walter Rodger and British Conservative minister Nicholas Ridley.
{not in my backyard} or {NIMBY}