YuppiesWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?This isvaluableopenspaceToomuchluxuryIt willbenoisyWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereShadowsIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyCollegestudentsI've livedhere for___ yearsThis isn'taffordableThinkof thechildrenWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soUnsafefor kidsThis isgentrificationYuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToomanypeople.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterI'm anativeBostonianNoise.NOT IN MYBACKYARDNotenoughparking.Developersare justgreedyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsToomuchtrafficIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThe Tdoesn'tworkFree!BaddesignWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?YuppiesWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?This isvaluableopenspaceToomuchluxuryIt willbenoisyWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereShadowsIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyCollegestudentsI've livedhere for___ yearsThis isn'taffordableThinkof thechildrenWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soUnsafefor kidsThis isgentrificationYuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyToomanypeople.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterI'm anativeBostonianNoise.NOT IN MYBACKYARDNotenoughparking.Developersare justgreedyToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsToomuchtrafficIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalThe Tdoesn'tworkFree!BaddesignWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?

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