YuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalFree!YuppiesIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNOT IN MYBACKYARDThink ofthechildrenToomuchtrafficToomanypeople.This isn'taffordableWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalBaddesignDevelopersare justgreedyThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterCollegestudentsNotenoughparking.ShadowsUnsafefor kidsThis isgentrificationWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?It willbenoisyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyWe supportmorehousing,just not hereI've livedhere for___ yearsToomuchluxuryThis isvaluableopenspaceNoise.I'm anativeBostonianThe Tdoesn'tworkYuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalFree!YuppiesIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNOT IN MYBACKYARDThink ofthechildrenToomuchtrafficToomanypeople.This isn'taffordableWhy not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalBaddesignDevelopersare justgreedyThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterCollegestudentsNotenoughparking.ShadowsUnsafefor kidsThis isgentrificationWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?It willbenoisyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyWe supportmorehousing,just not hereI've livedhere for___ yearsToomuchluxuryThis isvaluableopenspaceNoise.I'm anativeBostonianThe Tdoesn'twork

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