YuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereIt willbenoisyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalNOT IN MYBACKYARDWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchI've livedhere for___ yearsFree!Why don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?CollegestudentsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThis isvaluableopenspaceToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesNoise.Unsafefor kidsToomuchluxuryThis isgentrificationI'm anativeBostonianThe Tdoesn'tworkThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?This isn'taffordableBaddesignThinkof thechildrenNotenoughparking.It looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyShadowsIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyToomanypeople.ToomuchtrafficDevelopersare justgreedyYuppiesWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereIt willbenoisyIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalNOT IN MYBACKYARDWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchI've livedhere for___ yearsFree!Why don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?CollegestudentsThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsThis isvaluableopenspaceToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesNoise.Unsafefor kidsToomuchluxuryThis isgentrificationI'm anativeBostonianThe Tdoesn'tworkThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?This isn'taffordableBaddesignThinkof thechildrenNotenoughparking.It looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToo manypeople onthe TalreadyShadowsIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyToomanypeople.ToomuchtrafficDevelopersare justgreedy

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