Too manypeople onthe TalreadyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Developersare justgreedyUnsafefor kidsToomanypeople.NOT IN MYBACKYARDBaddesignFree!We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalI'm anativeBostonianIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Why not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?I've livedhere for___ yearsThis isvaluableopenspaceThink ofthechildrenNotenoughparking.We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchShadowsThis isgentrificationToomuchtrafficNoise.It willbenoisyThe Tdoesn'tworkToomuchluxuryYuppiesThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWe supportmorehousing,just not hereCollegestudentsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalYuppiesThis isn'taffordableToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Developersare justgreedyUnsafefor kidsToomanypeople.NOT IN MYBACKYARDBaddesignFree!We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalI'm anativeBostonianIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalWhy can't theyjust build morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Why not build thisin [fill inneighborhood/town]instead?I've livedhere for___ yearsThis isvaluableopenspaceThink ofthechildrenNotenoughparking.We supportmorehousing, justnot this muchShadowsThis isgentrificationToomuchtrafficNoise.It willbenoisyThe Tdoesn'tworkToomuchluxuryYuppiesThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWe supportmorehousing,just not hereCollegestudentsThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalYuppiesThis 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. Too many people on the T already
  2. Too many people on the T already
  3. Why don't they build family-sized apartments?
  4. Developers are just greedy
  5. Unsafe for kids
  6. Too many people.
  7. NOT IN MY BACKYARD
  8. Bad design
  9. Free!
  10. We support more housing, just not this proposal
  11. I'm a native Bostonian
  12. It's hard enough to park when it snows already
  13. It's too weird-looking and original
  14. Why can't they just build more brownstones/triple deckers/etc.?
  15. Why not build this in [fill in neighborhood/town] instead?
  16. I've lived here for ___ years
  17. This is valuable open space
  18. Think of the children
  19. Not enough parking.
  20. We support more housing, just not this much
  21. Shadows
  22. This is gentrification
  23. Too much traffic
  24. Noise.
  25. It will be noisy
  26. The T doesn't work
  27. Too much luxury
  28. Yuppies
  29. This many apartments will overwhelm the schools
  30. We support more housing, just not here
  31. College students
  32. This doesn't fit with the neighborhood character
  33. The housing market is exempt from basic economic principles because I said so
  34. It looks like everything else - we want something original
  35. Yuppies
  36. This isn't affordable