NotenoughbrickLooks likeSouthEndWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soToo manypeople onscootersIt's hardenough topark in PMalreadyThis isvaluableopenspaceNoise.Free!This isn'taffordableI'm a nativeCharlotteanToomanypeople.NOT IN MYBACKYARDThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe roadsIt willbenoisyYuppiesNo moreapartments!We supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchBaddesignNo oneasked mypersonalopinionNotenoughparking.YuppiesWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?ToomuchluxuryThis isgentrificationI've livedhere for___ yearsIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterRuins theempty parkinglot characterof theneighborhoodDevelopersare toogreedyThebuildingsdon’t fit mypersonalaestheticsNo oneridesthe busWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot hereWon’tsomeonethink of thechildrenToomuchtrafficNotenoughbrickLooks likeSouthEndWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soToo manypeople onscootersIt's hardenough topark in PMalreadyThis isvaluableopenspaceNoise.Free!This isn'taffordableI'm a nativeCharlotteanToomanypeople.NOT IN MYBACKYARDThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe roadsIt willbenoisyYuppiesNo moreapartments!We supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchBaddesignNo oneasked mypersonalopinionNotenoughparking.YuppiesWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?ToomuchluxuryThis isgentrificationI've livedhere for___ yearsIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterRuins theempty parkinglot characterof theneighborhoodDevelopersare toogreedyThebuildingsdon’t fit mypersonalaestheticsNo oneridesthe busWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot hereWon’tsomeonethink of thechildrenToomuchtraffic

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