We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalThis isgentrificationToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNoise.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterThis isn'taffordableNotenoughparking.It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyCollegestudentsThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soUnsafefor kidsThinkof thechildrenYuppiesBaddesignI've livedhere for___ yearsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?YuppiesToomuchluxuryDevelopersare justgreedyFree!This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsI'm anativeBostonianNOT IN MYBACKYARDIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalThe Tdoesn'tworkToomuchtrafficShadowsIt willbenoisyThis isvaluableopenspaceWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Too manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot hereToomanypeople.We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalThis isgentrificationToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNoise.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterThis isn'taffordableNotenoughparking.It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyCollegestudentsThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soUnsafefor kidsThinkof thechildrenYuppiesBaddesignI've livedhere for___ yearsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?YuppiesToomuchluxuryDevelopersare justgreedyFree!This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsI'm anativeBostonianNOT IN MYBACKYARDIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalThe Tdoesn'tworkToomuchtrafficShadowsIt willbenoisyThis isvaluableopenspaceWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Too manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot hereToomanypeople.

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