You are on the money with the developer comment...it is the I’ve got mine and NIMBY concepts amalgamated.
As an aside, I was watching CSI Miama reruns the other evening when I said to my wife, gee, Miami looks so wonderful on this show....pristine beaches, everyone living in a castle most with docked boats, the best of automobiles, wonderful clubs and bimbos galore. The truth is another matter.
Maybe that's because it's most filmed in southern California with some stock footage from Miami thrown in.