Too manypeople onthe TalreadyNoise.It willbenoisyThis isvaluableopenspaceFree!I'm anativeBostonianYuppiesShadowsNotenoughparking.It looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Unsafefor kidsThinkof thechildrenToomuchtrafficThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soYuppiesToo manypeople onthe TalreadyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyBaddesignThe Tdoesn'tworkThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToomanypeople.This isn'taffordableWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Developersare justgreedyI've livedhere for___ yearsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchCollegestudentsThis isgentrificationNOT IN MYBACKYARDToomuchluxuryToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNoise.It willbenoisyThis isvaluableopenspaceFree!I'm anativeBostonianYuppiesShadowsNotenoughparking.It looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Unsafefor kidsThinkof thechildrenToomuchtrafficThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soYuppiesToo manypeople onthe TalreadyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyBaddesignThe Tdoesn'tworkThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterToomanypeople.This isn'taffordableWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?Developersare justgreedyI've livedhere for___ yearsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchCollegestudentsThis isgentrificationNOT IN MYBACKYARDToomuchluxury

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