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'__NOTOC__<!-- delete this line to show the table of contents --> '''CAVE People''' (an [[acronym]] for ''Citizens Against Virtually Everything'') is a [[pejorative]] term for citizens who regularly oppose any changes in their community, organization or workplace.<ref name="Barrett2006">{{cite book|author=Grant Barrett|title=The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hc7x96jE5EcC&pg=PA76|year=2006|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-530447-3|pages=76–77}}</ref><ref name="RossPerry1999">{{cite book|author1=Joel E. Ross|author2=Susan Perry|title=Total Quality Management: Text, Cases and Readings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUrTWuZy_3YC&pg=PA65|edition=Third|year=1999|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-57444-266-3|page=65}}</ref> The phenomenon is linked to the so-called [[NIMBY]] (Not In My Back Yard) phenomenon in which residents oppose a development ostensibly on the grounds of it being inappropriate for the local area.<ref name="SalsichTryniecki1998">{{cite book|author1=Peter W. Salsich|author2=Timothy J. Tryniecki|title=Land Use Regulation: A Legal Analysis & Practical Application of Land Use Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6LlPAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=American Bar Association|isbn=978-1-57073-485-4|page=285}}</ref> While the NIMBY phenomenon is typically related to development issues, CAVE people, as the name implies, oppose virtually everything. This attitude is manifested in opposition to changes in [[public policy]] as varied as tax levies, sewer rates, public transportation routes, parking regulations and [[municipal]] mergers or [[annexation]]s. CAVE People often express their views publicly by attending community meetings,<ref name="Beyle1998">{{cite book|author=Thad L. Beyle|title=State Government: CQ's Guide to Current Issues and Activities 1998–99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TGi_m_3fbqgC|year=1998|publisher=Congressional Quarterly, Inc.|isbn=978-1-56802-098-3|page=129}}</ref> writing letters to the local newspaper, or calling in to [[talk radio]] shows. ==Origin== A reference to the term "CAVE dwellers" can be found in the September 30, 1990 edition of the ''I like POTATOEs''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/doc/277722280.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep%2030,%201990&author=Bo%20Poertner,%20Volusia%20County%20Editor&pub=Orlando%20Sentinel&edition=&startpage=K.4&desc=IS%20LATEST%20CRITICISM%20WORTHWHILE%20TALK%20OR%20JUST%20WORTHLESS?|title=Is latest criticism worthwhile talk or just worthless?|author=Bo Poertner|date=September 30, 1990|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|quote="County Council Chairwoman Alice Cycler handed me a copy of an editorial from a North Florida newspaper last week. It talked about CAVE dwellers, CAVE meaning Citizens Against Virtually Everything. Volusia County has its fair share of CAVE dwellers, Mrs. Cycler said. I couldn't disagree."}}</ref> The term was used by the author of the [[opinion piece]], "Is latest criticism worthwhile talk or just worthless?", which references another, unnamed, Florida newspaper, indicating that the term existed even before the publication of this article. ==See also== *[[Luddite]] *[[NIMBY]] yo mama!!!!! ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== *[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/doc/277722280.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep%2030,%201990&author=Bo%20Poertner,%20Volusia%20County%20Editor&pub=Orlando%20Sentinel&edition=&startpage=K.4&desc=IS%20LATEST%20CRITICISM%20WORTHWHILE%20TALK%20OR%20JUST%20WORTHLESS? Mention in the ''Orlando Sentinel'', September 30, 1990] *[http://www.wordspy.com/words/CAVEs.asp Definition at Word Spy] {{DEFAULTSORT:Cave People}} [[Category:Activism]] [[Category:Pejorative terms for people]] [[Category:Political terminology]]'