BaddesignDevelopersare toogreedyWon’tsomeonethink of thechildrenIt willbenoisyToomuchluxuryThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterThis isn'taffordableToomuchtrafficToo manypeople onscootersNo oneridesthe busYuppiesNoise.I've livedhere for___ yearsNotenoughparking.NotenoughbrickLooks likeSouthEndToomanypeople.The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalI'm a nativeCharlotteanThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe roadsThebuildingsdon’t fit mypersonalaestheticsThis isgentrificationYuppiesIt's hardenough topark in PMalreadyWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchFree!No oneasked mypersonalopinionWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereNo moreapartments!Why not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?This isvaluableopenspaceNOT IN MYBACKYARDRuins theempty parkinglot characterof theneighborhoodWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Why can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?BaddesignDevelopersare toogreedyWon’tsomeonethink of thechildrenIt willbenoisyToomuchluxuryThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterThis isn'taffordableToomuchtrafficToo manypeople onscootersNo oneridesthe busYuppiesNoise.I've livedhere for___ yearsNotenoughparking.NotenoughbrickLooks likeSouthEndToomanypeople.The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalI'm a nativeCharlotteanThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe roadsThebuildingsdon’t fit mypersonalaestheticsThis isgentrificationYuppiesIt's hardenough topark in PMalreadyWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchFree!No oneasked mypersonalopinionWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereNo moreapartments!Why not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?This isvaluableopenspaceNOT IN MYBACKYARDRuins theempty parkinglot characterof theneighborhoodWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Why can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?

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