OLD AND BUSTED: NIMBY.

The New Hotness? Not in Your Backyard: Suburbia Is Awash in Above-Ground Swimming Pools—and That Has Some Neighbors in Hot Water.

Cooped-up American families with nowhere to go this summer as many community pools, lakes and beaches remain closed, have eagerly embraced do-it-yourself projects to make their homes and backyards staycation-worthy. Pool vendors say they are stunned by the surge in demand for the above-ground varieties this year.

Not surprisingly, this has made many homeowners associations rather cross, as the Wall Street Journal reports.