In Training: There are no words for these NIMBYs

NIMBY being the word used in the article, meaning Not In My Back Yard.
It's just so infuriating.

neighbors' war with wounded soldiers families

-- "It is often the first port of call for servicemen and women returning home after being wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Soldiers who may have lost limbs or suffered severe trauma spend months rebuilding their lives at Headley Court military rehabilitation centre. But when an Armed Forces charity decided to buy a £ 1.7million six-bedroom house nearby so visiting relatives would have somewhere to stay, the well-heeled neighbours in Ashtead, Surrey, launched their own offensive.
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They have flooded the council with almost 100 letters of protest, raising every conceivable objection to the new property being used to house families visiting soldiers.
They claimed 'additional noise' and 'huge amount of additional traffic' would ruin the peace of the private lane and warned that the value of their multi-million-pound properties would plummet.
The families 'would not be welcome', they said, and their arrival could 'destroy the character' of the area.
One resident even objected on security grounds, claiming the house could become a terrorist target, while another suggested wheelchairs would present a fire hazard."

None of the residents would comment in the article, and I can't say I'm surprised. To put it much too nicely, that lot needs to freakin' grow some eyes, some brains and a whole helluva a lot of backbone.

You can read about, or learn about supporting the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA, the charity involved) right here.