Why not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyShadowsIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalNotenoughparking.It willbenoisyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis isvaluableopenspaceIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThis isn'taffordableToomanypeople.I've livedhere for___ yearsUnsafefor kidsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNOT IN MYBACKYARDThis isgentrificationBaddesignWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?ToomuchtrafficThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soYuppiesCollegestudentsToomuchluxuryI'm anativeBostonianWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalNoise.We supportmorehousing,just not hereWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchFree!Think ofthechildrenThe Tdoesn'tworkYuppiesDevelopersare justgreedyThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyShadowsIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalNotenoughparking.It willbenoisyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis isvaluableopenspaceIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThis isn'taffordableToomanypeople.I've livedhere for___ yearsUnsafefor kidsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNOT IN MYBACKYARDThis isgentrificationBaddesignWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?ToomuchtrafficThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soYuppiesCollegestudentsToomuchluxuryI'm anativeBostonianWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalNoise.We supportmorehousing,just not hereWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchFree!Think ofthechildrenThe Tdoesn'tworkYuppiesDevelopersare justgreedyThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schools

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