CollegestudentsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsNOT IN MYBACKYARDToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesI've livedhere for___ yearsWe supportmorehousing,just not hereThink ofthechildrenThis isgentrificationWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchThis isvaluableopenspaceThe Tdoesn'tworkToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToomuchtrafficI'm anativeBostonianIt willbenoisyUnsafefor kidsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyToomuchluxuryThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soNotenoughparking.Toomanypeople.ShadowsDevelopersare justgreedyWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Noise.YuppiesIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalBaddesignFree!This isn'taffordableIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?CollegestudentsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsNOT IN MYBACKYARDToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesI've livedhere for___ yearsWe supportmorehousing,just not hereThink ofthechildrenThis isgentrificationWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchThis isvaluableopenspaceThe Tdoesn'tworkToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToomuchtrafficI'm anativeBostonianIt willbenoisyUnsafefor kidsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyToomuchluxuryThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soNotenoughparking.Toomanypeople.ShadowsDevelopersare justgreedyWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Noise.YuppiesIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalBaddesignFree!This isn'taffordableIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?

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