Noise.Notenoughparking.Developersare justgreedyIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalUnsafefor kidsThis isn'taffordableWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?CollegestudentsIt willbenoisyNOT IN MYBACKYARDThis isgentrificationThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsToomuchluxuryFree!This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToomanypeople.I'm anativeBostonianBaddesignThink ofthechildrenIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalToomuchtrafficI've livedhere for___ yearsShadowsToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soThe Tdoesn'tworkWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyWe supportmorehousing,just not hereYuppiesWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?YuppiesWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchThis isvaluableopenspaceNoise.Notenoughparking.Developersare justgreedyIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalUnsafefor kidsThis isn'taffordableWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?CollegestudentsIt willbenoisyNOT IN MYBACKYARDThis isgentrificationThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsToomuchluxuryFree!This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToomanypeople.I'm anativeBostonianBaddesignThink ofthechildrenIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalToomuchtrafficI've livedhere for___ yearsShadowsToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soThe Tdoesn'tworkWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyWe supportmorehousing,just not hereYuppiesWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?YuppiesWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchThis isvaluableopenspace

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