This isvaluableopenspaceWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?This isn'taffordableFree!ToomuchtrafficYuppiesIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalBaddesignCollegestudentsWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereDevelopersare justgreedyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterNOT IN MYBACKYARDYuppiesThinkof thechildrenWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchNotenoughparking.This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsNoise.The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToomuchluxuryThe Tdoesn'tworkIt willbenoisyToomanypeople.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?This isgentrificationIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyI've livedhere for___ yearsShadowsUnsafefor kidsWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?I'm anativeBostonianToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis isvaluableopenspaceWhy don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?This isn'taffordableFree!ToomuchtrafficYuppiesIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalBaddesignCollegestudentsWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereDevelopersare justgreedyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterNOT IN MYBACKYARDYuppiesThinkof thechildrenWe supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchNotenoughparking.This manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsNoise.The housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToomuchluxuryThe Tdoesn'tworkIt willbenoisyToomanypeople.Too manypeople onthe TalreadyWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?This isgentrificationIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyI've livedhere for___ yearsShadowsUnsafefor kidsWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?I'm anativeBostonianToo manypeople onthe Talready

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