Elsewhere I have suggested that what NIMBYs are really after is limiting proximity to socially less-desirable neighbors, mostly by limiting the quantity of housing, which in turn raises the economic bar for entry into the neighborhood. Central to this thinking is the concept that economic resources provide a simple, robust, and convenient – if imperfect – metric of social desirability.

Looking for other opinions here – is it more about limiting access to neighborhood amenities, or about minimizing the neighborhood riff-raff?