This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchWe supportmorehousing,just not hereThink ofthechildrenI'm anativeBostonianThis isgentrificationShadowsYuppiesToo manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?YuppiesDevelopersare justgreedyToomuchluxuryCollegestudentsIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalToomanypeople.The Tdoesn'tworkThis isn'taffordableNOT IN MYBACKYARDI've livedhere for___ yearsFree!Why not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soNoise.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterBaddesignWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Notenoughparking.It willbenoisyToomuchtrafficIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyUnsafefor kidsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis isvaluableopenspaceIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchWe supportmorehousing,just not hereThink ofthechildrenI'm anativeBostonianThis isgentrificationShadowsYuppiesToo manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?YuppiesDevelopersare justgreedyToomuchluxuryCollegestudentsIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalToomanypeople.The Tdoesn'tworkThis isn'taffordableNOT IN MYBACKYARDI've livedhere for___ yearsFree!Why not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soNoise.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterBaddesignWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Notenoughparking.It willbenoisyToomuchtrafficIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyUnsafefor kidsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis isvaluableopenspaceIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginal

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