BaddesignNOT IN MYBACKYARDI'm anativeBostonianCollegestudentsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsFree!It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyNotenoughparking.YuppiesToomuchluxuryWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Why can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?This isn'taffordableIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Too manypeople onthe TalreadyI've livedhere for___ yearsIt willbenoisyThis isvaluableopenspaceWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchUnsafefor kidsToomanypeople.Developersare justgreedyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereThis isgentrificationThinkof thechildrenThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soYuppiesShadowsThe Tdoesn'tworkThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToomuchtrafficToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNoise.BaddesignNOT IN MYBACKYARDI'm anativeBostonianCollegestudentsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsFree!It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyNotenoughparking.YuppiesToomuchluxuryWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Why can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?This isn'taffordableIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?Too manypeople onthe TalreadyI've livedhere for___ yearsIt willbenoisyThis isvaluableopenspaceWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchUnsafefor kidsToomanypeople.Developersare justgreedyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereThis isgentrificationThinkof thechildrenThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soYuppiesShadowsThe Tdoesn'tworkThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToomuchtrafficToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNoise.

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. NOT IN MY BACKYARD
  3. I'm a native Bostonian
  4. College students
  5. This many apartments will overwhelm the schools
  6. Free!
  7. It's hard enough to park when it snows already
  8. Not enough parking.
  9. Yuppies
  10. Too much luxury
  11. Why not build this in [fill in neighborhood/town] instead?
  12. Why can't they just build more brownstones/triple deckers/etc.?
  13. This isn't affordable
  14. It looks like everything else - we want something original
  15. Why don't they build family-sized apartments?
  16. Too many people on the T already
  17. I've lived here for ___ years
  18. It will be noisy
  19. This is valuable open space
  20. We support more housing, just not this proposal
  21. We support more housing, just not this much
  22. Unsafe for kids
  23. Too many people.
  24. Developers are just greedy
  25. It's too weird-looking and original
  26. We support more housing, just not here
  27. This is gentrification
  28. Think of the children
  29. The housing market is exempt from basic economic principles because I said so
  30. Yuppies
  31. Shadows
  32. The T doesn't work
  33. This doesn't fit with the neighborhood character
  34. Too much traffic
  35. Too many people on the T already
  36. Noise.