Too manypeople onscootersIt's hardenough topark in PMalreadyThis isgentrificationDevelopersare toogreedyNOT IN MYBACKYARDWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?I'm a nativeCharlotteanNo moreapartments!Thebuildingsdon’t fit mypersonalaestheticsYuppiesToomanypeople.NotenoughbrickYuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchFree!BaddesignWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereToomuchtrafficI've livedhere for___ yearsThis isvaluableopenspaceNo oneridesthe busThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soNotenoughparking.This isn'taffordableNoise.This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe roadsNo oneasked mypersonalopinionWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Won’tsomeonethink of thechildrenRuins theempty parkinglot characterof theneighborhoodWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?It looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalLooks likeSouthEndThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToomuchluxuryIt willbenoisyToo manypeople onscootersIt's hardenough topark in PMalreadyThis isgentrificationDevelopersare toogreedyNOT IN MYBACKYARDWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?I'm a nativeCharlotteanNo moreapartments!Thebuildingsdon’t fit mypersonalaestheticsYuppiesToomanypeople.NotenoughbrickYuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchFree!BaddesignWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereToomuchtrafficI've livedhere for___ yearsThis isvaluableopenspaceNo oneridesthe busThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soNotenoughparking.This isn'taffordableNoise.This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe roadsNo oneasked mypersonalopinionWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Won’tsomeonethink of thechildrenRuins theempty parkinglot characterof theneighborhoodWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?It looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalLooks likeSouthEndThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToomuchluxuryIt willbenoisy

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 scooters
  2. It's hard enough to park in PM already
  3. This is gentrification
  4. Developers are too greedy
  5. NOT IN MY BACKYARD
  6. Why don't they build family-sized apartments?
  7. I'm a native Charlottean
  8. No more apartments!
  9. The buildings don’t fit my personal aesthetics
  10. Yuppies
  11. Too many people.
  12. Not enough brick
  13. Yuppies
  14. We support more housing, just not this much
  15. Free!
  16. Bad design
  17. We support more housing, just not here
  18. Too much traffic
  19. I've lived here for ___ years
  20. This is valuable open space
  21. No one rides the bus
  22. The housing market is exempt from basic economic principles because I said so
  23. Not enough parking.
  24. This isn't affordable
  25. Noise.
  26. This many apartments will overwhelm the roads
  27. No one asked my personal opinion
  28. Why not build this in [fill in neighborhood/town] instead?
  29. Won’t someone think of the children
  30. Ruins the empty parking lot character of the neighborhood
  31. Why can't they just build more brownstones/triple deckers/etc.?
  32. It looks like everything else - we want something original
  33. Looks like South End
  34. This doesn't fit with the neighborhood character
  35. Too much luxury
  36. It will be noisy