Free!This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsIt willbenoisyToomanypeople.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterYuppiesToomuchluxuryWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?I'm anativeBostonianWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalNoise.The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchThis isn'taffordableThinkof thechildrenIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?NOT IN MYBACKYARDI've livedhere for___ yearsThis isvaluableopenspaceThis isgentrificationToomuchtrafficNotenoughparking.It's tooweird-looking andoriginalWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot hereDevelopersare justgreedyBaddesignToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThe Tdoesn'tworkCollegestudentsUnsafefor kidsYuppiesToo manypeople onthe TalreadyShadowsIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyFree!This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsIt willbenoisyToomanypeople.This doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterYuppiesToomuchluxuryWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?I'm anativeBostonianWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalNoise.The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchThis isn'taffordableThinkof thechildrenIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?NOT IN MYBACKYARDI've livedhere for___ yearsThis isvaluableopenspaceThis isgentrificationToomuchtrafficNotenoughparking.It's tooweird-looking andoriginalWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?We supportmorehousing, justnot hereDevelopersare justgreedyBaddesignToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThe Tdoesn'tworkCollegestudentsUnsafefor kidsYuppiesToo manypeople onthe TalreadyShadowsIt'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. Free!
  2. This many apartments will overwhelm the schools
  3. It will be noisy
  4. Too many people.
  5. This doesn't fit with the neighborhood character
  6. Yuppies
  7. Too much luxury
  8. Why not build this in [fill in neighborhood/town] instead?
  9. I'm a native Bostonian
  10. We support more housing, just not this proposal
  11. Noise.
  12. The housing market is exempt from basic economic principles because I said so
  13. We support more housing, just not this much
  14. This isn't affordable
  15. Think of the children
  16. It looks like everything else - we want something original
  17. Why can't they just build more brownstones/triple deckers/etc.?
  18. NOT IN MY BACKYARD
  19. I've lived here for ___ years
  20. This is valuable open space
  21. This is gentrification
  22. Too much traffic
  23. Not enough parking.
  24. It's too weird-looking and original
  25. Why don't they build family-sized apartments?
  26. We support more housing, just not here
  27. Developers are just greedy
  28. Bad design
  29. Too many people on the T already
  30. The T doesn't work
  31. College students
  32. Unsafe for kids
  33. Yuppies
  34. Too many people on the T already
  35. Shadows
  36. It's hard enough to park when it snows already