Notenoughparking.Unsafefor kidsNOT IN MYBACKYARDIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt willbenoisyCollegestudentsToo manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soYuppiesYuppiesIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterI've livedhere for___ yearsToomuchluxuryI'm anativeBostonianWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThis isvaluableopenspaceThe Tdoesn'tworkThis isn'taffordableNoise.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyFree!ToomuchtrafficThink ofthechildrenWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchToomanypeople.Developersare justgreedyShadowsBaddesignThis isgentrificationThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWe supportmorehousing,just not hereNotenoughparking.Unsafefor kidsNOT IN MYBACKYARDIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt willbenoisyCollegestudentsToo manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soYuppiesYuppiesIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterI've livedhere for___ yearsToomuchluxuryI'm anativeBostonianWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThis isvaluableopenspaceThe Tdoesn'tworkThis isn'taffordableNoise.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyFree!ToomuchtrafficThink ofthechildrenWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchToomanypeople.Developersare justgreedyShadowsBaddesignThis isgentrificationThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWe supportmorehousing,just not here

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