It's hardenough topark in PMalreadyWon’tsomeonethink of thechildrenWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?No oneasked mypersonalopinionWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereBaddesignYuppiesNotenoughparking.Free!Ruins theempty parkinglot characterof theneighborhoodToomuchluxuryIt willbenoisyNo moreapartments!Toomanypeople.Why can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?NotenoughbrickThis isn'taffordableNoise.We supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Looks likeSouthEndYuppiesI've livedhere for___ yearsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe roadsThis isgentrificationNo oneridesthe busIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalNOT IN MYBACKYARDI'm a nativeCharlotteanDevelopersare toogreedyToo manypeople onscootersThebuildingsdon’t fit mypersonalaestheticsThis isvaluableopenspaceToomuchtrafficThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterIt's hardenough topark in PMalreadyWon’tsomeonethink of thechildrenWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?No oneasked mypersonalopinionWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereBaddesignYuppiesNotenoughparking.Free!Ruins theempty parkinglot characterof theneighborhoodToomuchluxuryIt willbenoisyNo moreapartments!Toomanypeople.Why can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?NotenoughbrickThis isn'taffordableNoise.We supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Looks likeSouthEndYuppiesI've livedhere for___ yearsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe roadsThis isgentrificationNo oneridesthe busIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalNOT IN MYBACKYARDI'm a nativeCharlotteanDevelopersare toogreedyToo manypeople onscootersThebuildingsdon’t fit mypersonalaestheticsThis isvaluableopenspaceToomuchtrafficThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacter

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