It's tooweird-looking andoriginalCollegestudentsToomanypeople.YuppiesBaddesignNoise.Think ofthechildrenThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterFree!We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?We supportmorehousing,just not hereIt willbenoisyI've livedhere for___ yearsThe Tdoesn'tworkNOT IN MYBACKYARDToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToomuchtrafficUnsafefor kidsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?This isvaluableopenspaceYuppiesWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?ToomuchluxuryThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soThis isgentrificationIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThis isn'taffordableNotenoughparking.I'm anativeBostonianShadowsDevelopersare justgreedyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalCollegestudentsToomanypeople.YuppiesBaddesignNoise.Think ofthechildrenThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterFree!We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?We supportmorehousing,just not hereIt willbenoisyI've livedhere for___ yearsThe Tdoesn'tworkNOT IN MYBACKYARDToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToomuchtrafficUnsafefor kidsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?This isvaluableopenspaceYuppiesWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?ToomuchluxuryThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soThis isgentrificationIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThis isn'taffordableNotenoughparking.I'm anativeBostonianShadowsDevelopersare justgreedyToo manypeople onthe Talready

NIMBY BINGO - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. It's too weird-looking and original
  2. College students
  3. Too many people.
  4. Yuppies
  5. Bad design
  6. Noise.
  7. Think of the children
  8. This many apartments will overwhelm the schools
  9. This doesn't fit with the neighborhood character
  10. Free!
  11. We support more housing, just not this much
  12. Why can't they just build more brownstones/triple deckers/etc.?
  13. We support more housing, just not here
  14. It will be noisy
  15. I've lived here for ___ years
  16. The T doesn't work
  17. NOT IN MY BACKYARD
  18. Too many people on the T already
  19. Too much traffic
  20. Unsafe for kids
  21. We support more housing, just not this proposal
  22. Why not build this in [fill in neighborhood/town] instead?
  23. This is valuable open space
  24. Yuppies
  25. Why don't they build family-sized apartments?
  26. Too much luxury
  27. The housing market is exempt from basic economic principles because I said so
  28. This is gentrification
  29. It's hard enough to park when it snows already
  30. It looks like everything else - we want something original
  31. This isn't affordable
  32. Not enough parking.
  33. I'm a native Bostonian
  34. Shadows
  35. Developers are just greedy
  36. Too many people on the T already