Too manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?NOT IN MYBACKYARDCollegestudentsIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalIt willbenoisyNotenoughparking.Toomanypeople.Why can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Why don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing,just not hereThis isn'taffordableThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soUnsafefor kidsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThe Tdoesn'tworkIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyThink ofthechildrenWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyI'm anativeBostonianFree!ToomuchluxuryThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterNoise.We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchI've livedhere for___ yearsThis isgentrificationDevelopersare justgreedyYuppiesShadowsBaddesignThis isvaluableopenspaceToomuchtrafficYuppiesToo manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?NOT IN MYBACKYARDCollegestudentsIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalIt willbenoisyNotenoughparking.Toomanypeople.Why can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Why don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing,just not hereThis isn'taffordableThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soUnsafefor kidsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThe Tdoesn'tworkIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyThink ofthechildrenWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyI'm anativeBostonianFree!ToomuchluxuryThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterNoise.We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchI've livedhere for___ yearsThis isgentrificationDevelopersare justgreedyYuppiesShadowsBaddesignThis isvaluableopenspaceToomuchtrafficYuppies

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