The parents of that princess-like treehouse lost their case yesterday.

Tens of thousands of legal fees later … there is a paved driveway. For now, at least.

There’s a new salvo against the forces of NIMBY that many of the District’s more recent arrivals sometimes find themselves pitted against in their desire for livelier neighborhoods.

Yesterday’s 40th anniversary celebration of Fiesta DC in Mt. Pleasant was either a raucous and colorful celebration of the District’s Latino heritage or a complete breakdown of the neighborhood’s otherwise peaceful veneer. It just depends on who you ask.

Did you believe that incessantly cranky neighbors were a breed found only inside the confines of the District of Columbia? Think again!

My favorite blogger economist scoffs at his fellow Brookland residents who doubt the small area plan and comes up with a genius way to capitalize on their misconceptions: “[I]s there a market for NIMBY insurance? That is, I’d love to collect tiny premiums from residents looking at potential development near their homes, in exchange for which I’d take responsibility for the change in value of their home relative to homes outside of the directly affected…