Too manypeople onthe TalreadyIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyToomuchluxuryThis isgentrificationThe Tdoesn'tworkI've livedhere for___ yearsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterNotenoughparking.ShadowsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalThis isvaluableopenspaceCollegestudentsUnsafefor kidsToomuchtrafficWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchIt willbenoisyThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Why not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?This isn'taffordableIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalYuppiesToomanypeople.Free!We supportmorehousing,just not hereDevelopersare justgreedyThink ofthechildrenBaddesignToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesNoise.It looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?I'm anativeBostonianNOT IN MYBACKYARDToo manypeople onthe TalreadyIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyToomuchluxuryThis isgentrificationThe Tdoesn'tworkI've livedhere for___ yearsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterNotenoughparking.ShadowsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalThis isvaluableopenspaceCollegestudentsUnsafefor kidsToomuchtrafficWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchIt willbenoisyThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Why not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?This isn'taffordableIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalYuppiesToomanypeople.Free!We supportmorehousing,just not hereDevelopersare justgreedyThink ofthechildrenBaddesignToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesNoise.It looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?I'm anativeBostonianNOT IN MYBACKYARD

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