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Downtownnews.com has an article on the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation's (LAEDC) study "Recapturing the Dream: A Winning Strategy for the L.A. Region":

One of Southern California's problems, noted Kyser during an interview last week in the LAEDC's 34th floor conference room, is the prevalence of "pod thinking." This, he said, causes local entities, be they governments, businesses or planning groups, to fail (or in many cases refuse) to look beyond their small communities. It results in NIMBYism (not in my backyard), BANANAs (build absolutely nothing near anybody) and on the political side, NIMTOOs (not in my term of office).[Emph. added]

It's called entitled and selfish people. I knew about NIMBY but now have new anachronisms for my catalogue. My solution has always been to focus on the "silent majority" as opposed to the sqeaky wheels... but then again, I've also been burned by those damn wheels!