Sounds like NIMBY groaning to me...
Am I actually being a NIMBY if I liked the old zoning laws?
Of course my neighbor can do what he wants with his property, within the law.
I don't want close neighbors- that's why I pay taxes on fortysomething acres, and offered to buy the neighbor's place when he sold out. I don't like it getting bulldozed- but I'm not filing petitions or lawsuits to try to stop it.
My beef is when politically connected developers are able to get sensible (as much as any zoning makes sense) zoning laws changed to their personal benefit rather than to the benefit of the community. In my experience a "zoning plan" only lasts until the campaign contributions (bribes) start rolling in. I bought based on the rural zoning, and the developers got it changed to suit their interests.
NIMBYs were the folks who opposed construction of a power plant in "my backyard" in an existing, already polluted industrial zone. I supported it.