Building housing in England is a huge problem. Where I live, there is a suggestion that a new town is likely to be built. Do we want it on our doorstep??? Of course not!! Therefore, we become NIMBYS. 'Let them build it on that little used airfield, rather than next to me' is the cry. Then the people interested in the airfield become NIMBYs too, by saying 'don't build it on our airfield, although it is little used, it is part of our heritage!!' Well, so is the countryside. So, there is a massive housing shortage in this country, so where shall we build these houses??
Perhaps we should start building tower blocks again, so we don't have to build on open countryside, or little used airfields, but then people would complain that they are unsightly etc., so it is a major problem. Whichever way we look at this, we are all NIMBYS in our own way. Virtually EVERY little used airfield is part of our hritage, but so is our beautiful countryside, but people have to live SOMEWHERE [but not next to me]