High housing prices in the San Francisco Bay Area might have something to do with the fact that a survey of 562 municipalities across the USA, concluded that nine of the ten most NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) are in that region. The jurisdictions all had a population of 75,000 or more.

The following images are screenshots taken from a video presentation of the analysis entitled The Nimby Awards created and posted by CityNerd (Ray Delahanty) on June 1, 2024. The video may be accessed at https://nebula.tv/videos/citynerd-these-are-the-nimbyest-cities-in-the-us.

Scroll down for characteristics of NIMBY cities, the index (called NIMdex) used to select the municipalities and some key facts about: #1 Sunnyvale, CA, #2, Redwood City, CA, #3 Union City, CA, #4, Fremont, CA, #5 San Mateo, CA, #6 Hayward, CA, #7 San Jose, CA, #8 San Leandro, CA, and #10 Livermore, CA. NOTE: ZHVI = Zillow Home Value Index.