This isvaluableopenspaceThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalYuppiesWe supportmorehousing,just not hereWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalCollegestudentsUnsafefor kidsThis isn'taffordableThis isgentrificationNoise.Think ofthechildrenShadowsDevelopersare justgreedyIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalI'm anativeBostonianThe Tdoesn'tworkNOT IN MYBACKYARDWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchToomanypeople.ToomuchtrafficIt willbenoisyWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?ToomuchluxuryWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Notenoughparking.Free!It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyYuppiesI've livedhere for___ yearsBaddesignToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soThis isvaluableopenspaceThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalYuppiesWe supportmorehousing,just not hereWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalCollegestudentsUnsafefor kidsThis isn'taffordableThis isgentrificationNoise.Think ofthechildrenShadowsDevelopersare justgreedyIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalI'm anativeBostonianThe Tdoesn'tworkNOT IN MYBACKYARDWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchToomanypeople.ToomuchtrafficIt willbenoisyWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?ToomuchluxuryWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Notenoughparking.Free!It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyYuppiesI've livedhere for___ yearsBaddesignToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said so

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