This isvaluableopenspaceWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNotenoughparking.Thinkof thechildrenThis isn'taffordableShadowsYuppiesCollegestudentsNoise.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?ToomuchtrafficI've livedhere for___ yearsWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Free!I'm anativeBostonianIt willbenoisyThis isgentrificationWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?The Tdoesn'tworkNOT IN MYBACKYARDBaddesignDevelopersare justgreedyYuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToomuchluxuryWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalUnsafefor kidsToomanypeople.It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyThis isvaluableopenspaceWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsToo manypeople onthe TalreadyNotenoughparking.Thinkof thechildrenThis isn'taffordableShadowsYuppiesCollegestudentsNoise.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?ToomuchtrafficI've livedhere for___ yearsWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?Free!I'm anativeBostonianIt willbenoisyThis isgentrificationWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?The Tdoesn'tworkNOT IN MYBACKYARDBaddesignDevelopersare justgreedyYuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToomuchluxuryWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalUnsafefor kidsToomanypeople.It's hardenough topark when itsnowsalready

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