I'm anativeBostonianFree!It's tooweird-looking andoriginalWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereThinkof thechildrenWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Unsafefor kidsI've livedhere for___ yearsWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?CollegestudentsToomuchluxuryYuppiesNoise.The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soToomanypeople.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterNotenoughparking.This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToomuchtrafficWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchNOT IN MYBACKYARDDevelopersare justgreedyIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyShadowsThis isn'taffordableToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis isgentrificationWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Too manypeople onthe TalreadyBaddesignWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalYuppiesThis isvaluableopenspaceThe Tdoesn'tworkIt willbenoisyI'm anativeBostonianFree!It's tooweird-looking andoriginalWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereThinkof thechildrenWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Unsafefor kidsI've livedhere for___ yearsWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?CollegestudentsToomuchluxuryYuppiesNoise.The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soToomanypeople.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterNotenoughparking.This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToomuchtrafficWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchNOT IN MYBACKYARDDevelopersare justgreedyIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyShadowsThis isn'taffordableToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis isgentrificationWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Too manypeople onthe TalreadyBaddesignWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalYuppiesThis isvaluableopenspaceThe Tdoesn'tworkIt 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. I'm a native Bostonian
  2. Free!
  3. It's too weird-looking and original
  4. We support more housing, just not here
  5. Think of the children
  6. Why can't they just build more brownstones/triple deckers/etc.?
  7. Unsafe for kids
  8. I've lived here for ___ years
  9. Why not build this in [fill in neighborhood/town] instead?
  10. College students
  11. Too much luxury
  12. Yuppies
  13. Noise.
  14. The housing market is exempt from basic economic principles because I said so
  15. Too many people.
  16. This doesn't fit with the neighborhood character
  17. Not enough parking.
  18. This many apartments will overwhelm the schools
  19. It looks like everything else - we want something original
  20. Too much traffic
  21. We support more housing, just not this much
  22. NOT IN MY BACKYARD
  23. Developers are just greedy
  24. It's hard enough to park when it snows already
  25. Shadows
  26. This isn't affordable
  27. Too many people on the T already
  28. This is gentrification
  29. Why don't they build family-sized apartments?
  30. Too many people on the T already
  31. Bad design
  32. We support more housing, just not this proposal
  33. Yuppies
  34. This is valuable open space
  35. The T doesn't work
  36. It will be noisy