This isgentrificationToomuchluxuryThe Tdoesn'tworkNOT IN MYBACKYARDDevelopersare justgreedyThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soNoise.Why not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?I've livedhere for___ yearsWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchCollegestudentsWe supportmorehousing,just not hereWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?BaddesignShadowsWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?ToomuchtrafficThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThink ofthechildrenUnsafefor kidsYuppiesIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalI'm anativeBostonianThis isvaluableopenspaceYuppiesNotenoughparking.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyIt willbenoisyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToomanypeople.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalFree!This isn'taffordableThis isgentrificationToomuchluxuryThe Tdoesn'tworkNOT IN MYBACKYARDDevelopersare justgreedyThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soNoise.Why not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?I've livedhere for___ yearsWe supportmorehousing, justnot this muchCollegestudentsWe supportmorehousing,just not hereWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?BaddesignShadowsWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?ToomuchtrafficThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThink ofthechildrenUnsafefor kidsYuppiesIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalI'm anativeBostonianThis isvaluableopenspaceYuppiesNotenoughparking.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyIt willbenoisyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToomanypeople.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalFree!This isn'taffordable

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