I've livedhere for___ yearsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchIt willbenoisyUnsafefor kidsThinkof thechildrenThis isvaluableopenspaceYuppiesWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?BaddesignIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToomuchluxuryToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsCollegestudentsThe Tdoesn'tworkToomanypeople.This isn'taffordableThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalFree!Noise.Developersare justgreedyShadowsToomuchtrafficNotenoughparking.Why don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?This isgentrificationI'm anativeBostonianNOT IN MYBACKYARDI've livedhere for___ yearsWe supportmorehousing, justnot thismuchIt willbenoisyUnsafefor kidsThinkof thechildrenThis isvaluableopenspaceYuppiesWhy not build this in[fill inneighborhood/town]instead?BaddesignIt's hardenough topark when itsnowsalreadyWe supportmorehousing, justnot hereIt's tooweird-looking andoriginalIt looks likeeverythingelse - we wantsomethingoriginalToomuchluxuryToo manypeople onthe TalreadyYuppiesThis manyapartmentswilloverwhelmthe schoolsCollegestudentsThe Tdoesn'tworkToomanypeople.This isn'taffordableThe housingmarket is exemptfrom basiceconomicprinciples becauseI said soToo manypeople onthe TalreadyThis doesn'tfit with theneighborhoodcharacterWhy can't they justbuild morebrownstones/tripledeckers/etc.?We supportmorehousing, justnot thisproposalFree!Noise.Developersare justgreedyShadowsToomuchtrafficNotenoughparking.Why don'tthey buildfamily-sizedapartments?This isgentrificationI'm anativeBostonianNOT IN MYBACKYARD

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