This isvaluableopenspaceToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesBaddesignThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Why can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?CollegestudentsThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing,just not hereWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThe Tdoesn'tworkDevelopersare justgreedyYuppiesI'm anativeBostonianI've livedhere for___ yearsToomanypeople.We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalToomuchluxuryThis isgentrificationToomuchtrafficThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyNotenoughparking.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyNoise.Think ofthechildrenIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalNOT IN MYBACKYARDThis isn'taffordableIt willbenoisyUnsafefor kidsShadowsFree!This isvaluableopenspaceToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesBaddesignThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Why can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?CollegestudentsThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing,just not hereWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThe Tdoesn'tworkDevelopersare justgreedyYuppiesI'm anativeBostonianI've livedhere for___ yearsToomanypeople.We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalToomuchluxuryThis isgentrificationToomuchtrafficThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyNotenoughparking.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyNoise.Think ofthechildrenIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalNOT IN MYBACKYARDThis isn'taffordableIt willbenoisyUnsafefor kidsShadowsFree!

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