Editing NIMBY (section)

===BANANA and CAVE {{anchor|BANANA}}{{anchor|NIABY}}{{anchor|CAVE}}===
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''BANANA'' is an acronym for "build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything" (or "anyone").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/23/opinion/l-absolute-banana-756593.html|title=Absolute Banana|date=23 December 1993|work=The New York Times|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909004948/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/23/opinion/l-absolute-banana-756593.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetizen.com/node/152|title=From NIMBYs To DUDEs: The Wacky World Of Plannerese|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919163231/http://www.planetizen.com/node/152|url-status=live}}</ref> The term is most often used to criticize the ongoing opposition of certain [[advocacy groups]] to [[land development]].<ref>[http://www.wordspy.com/words/banana.asp BANANA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915023045/http://www.wordspy.com/words/banana.asp |date=15 September 2010 }} at Wordspy</ref> The term is commonly used within the context of [[Land use planning|planning]] in the United Kingdom. [[Sunderland City Council]] lists the term in their online dictionary of jargon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/apps/gobbledygook/Define.asp?ItemId=126|title=Sunderland City Council|access-date=15 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508043826/http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/apps/gobbledygook/Define.asp?ItemId=126|archive-date=8 May 2008}}</ref>

In the United States, the related phenomenon '''CAVE people''' or "CAVE dwellers" serves as an acronym for "citizens against virtually everything."<ref name="Barrett2006">{{cite book|author=Grant Barrett|title=The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hc7x96jE5EcC&pg=PA76|year=2006|publisher=OUP US|isbn=978-0195304473|pages=76–77|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=25 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925021149/https://books.google.com/books?id=hc7x96jE5EcC&pg=PA76#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RossPerry1999">{{cite book|author1=Joel E. Ross|author2=Susan Perry|title=Total Quality Management: Text, Cases and Readings|url=https://archive.org/details/totalqualitymana0000ross|url-access=registration|edition=Third|year=1999|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1574442663|page=[https://archive.org/details/totalqualitymana0000ross/page/65 65]}}</ref> It is a [[pejorative]] term for citizens who regularly oppose any changes in their community, organization or workplace.<ref name="Barrett2006"/><ref name="RossPerry1999"/>{{rp|65}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/1/escape-the-cave|title=A 5-step plan to encourage your team to make changes on your project &#124; Opensource.com|website=opensource.com|access-date=2 December 2023|archive-date=6 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206140010/https://opensource.com/open-organization/17/1/escape-the-cave|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How to Deal With 'CAVE People' — Citizens Against Virtually Everything - Rotman School of Management |url=https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/Connect/Rotman-MAG/IdeaExchange/Spring2019-Methot |website=www.rotman.utoronto.ca |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216081734/https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/Connect/Rotman-MAG/IdeaExchange/Spring2019-Methot |url-status=live }}</ref> A reference to the term "CAVE dwellers" can be found in the September 30, 1990, edition of the ''Orlando Sentinel''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Turchin |first1=Peter |title=CAVE Dwellers |url=https://blog.harmonycr.com/cave/ |website=Harmony |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=20 September 2006 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507225537/https://blog.harmonycr.com/cave/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The term apparently existed before the publication of the article.

CAVE/BANANA people are characterized by implacable opposition to change in any form, regardless of what other local residents and stakeholders feel. This attitude is manifested in opposition to changes in [[public policy]] as varied as [[Tax levy|tax levies]], [[Sewage treatment|sewer rates]], [[public transport]]ation routes, [[parking]] regulations and [[municipal]] mergers or [[annexation]]s.  CAVE/BANANA people often express their views publicly by attending [[Local government|community meetings]],<ref name="Beyle1998">{{cite book|author=Thad L. Beyle|title=State Government: CQ's Guide to Current Issues and Activities 1998–99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TGi_m_3fbqgC|year=1998|publisher=Congressional Quarterly, Inc.|isbn=978-1-56802-098-3|page=129|access-date=2 December 2023|archive-date=25 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925021201/https://books.google.com/books?id=TGi_m_3fbqgC|url-status=live}}</ref> writing letters to the local newspaper, or calling in to [[talk radio]] shows, similar to NIMBYs.

The terms "CAVE people" and "BANANAs" were used in a 2022 op-ed to describe the populace of [[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]], Connecticut.<ref>{{cite news |last=Augustyn |first=Arthur |title=Stamford is a cultural hellhole |url=https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/opinion/article/Stamford-is-a-cultural-hellhole-17491946.php |newspaper=Stamford Advocate |date=7 October 2022 |publisher=Hearst |access-date=7 October 2022 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007131713/https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/opinion/article/Stamford-is-a-cultural-hellhole-17491946.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The op-ed was written by a former municipal employee and described CAVE people as seeing "no issue [[doublethink|simultaneously arguing conflicting points]] so long as nothing changes."

Similar is "NIABY" or "not in anyone's backyard".