What to do about Affordable Housing in Arlington?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting thread

I love the poster who hit the nail on the head

Why do you want low income ghetto people staying around again lol

so you can claim to be urban and love diversity. Just keep them away from the kids!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big crisis facing Arlington is high school over crowding. If you think AH is going affect your property value, you are looking at the wrong issue.

Here's a petition support a 4th high school in Arlington.

https://www.change.org/p/arlington-county-board-aps-should-build-new-high-school-space-not-make-schools-bigger-and-double-shift-students?recruiter=113822210&utm_source=petitions_show_components_action_panel_wrapper&utm_medium=copylink

Maybe you've been around since before the boom and won't be hurt by bad decisions in our county.

Or maybe you paid a fortune to live in Arlington for good schools...

Yes, be sure to note, like many of the petition responders, if you just moved to Arlington from DC "for the schools." Nothing is more likely to influence the county board than a bunch of people who just moved here and are instantly demanding that the county spend literally hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of their toddlers.

"Many" posters? I read the comments- literally 5 or 6 people mentioned moving to Arlington for the schools, and one of those said she moved here 13 years ago and has kids who have already gone through the system. Over 400 people signed the petition. And I'm pretty sure a lot of people are mentioning their mere toddlers because those are the kids who will be most affected by the predicted overcrowding. But you knew that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big crisis facing Arlington is high school over crowding. If you think AH is going affect your property value, you are looking at the wrong issue.

Here's a petition support a 4th high school in Arlington.

https://www.change.org/p/arlington-county-board-aps-should-build-new-high-school-space-not-make-schools-bigger-and-double-shift-students?recruiter=113822210&utm_source=petitions_show_components_action_panel_wrapper&utm_medium=copylink

Maybe you've been around since before the boom and won't be hurt by bad decisions in our county.

Or maybe you paid a fortune to live in Arlington for good schools...

Yes, be sure to note, like many of the petition responders, if you just moved to Arlington from DC "for the schools." Nothing is more likely to influence the county board than a bunch of people who just moved here and are instantly demanding that the county spend literally hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of their toddlers.

"Many" posters? I read the comments- literally 5 or 6 people mentioned moving to Arlington for the schools, and one of those said she moved here 13 years ago and has kids who have already gone through the system. Over 400 people signed the petition. And I'm pretty sure a lot of people are mentioning their mere toddlers because those are the kids who will be most affected by the predicted overcrowding. But you knew that.

I was just being snarky. You have to admit, it's kind of silly to say "we just moved here for the schools" and then in the same breath complain that the schools are too crowded and someone should do something about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big crisis facing Arlington is high school over crowding. If you think AH is going affect your property value, you are looking at the wrong issue.

Here's a petition support a 4th high school in Arlington.

https://www.change.org/p/arlington-county-board-aps-should-build-new-high-school-space-not-make-schools-bigger-and-double-shift-students?recruiter=113822210&utm_source=petitions_show_components_action_panel_wrapper&utm_medium=copylink

Maybe you've been around since before the boom and won't be hurt by bad decisions in our county.

Or maybe you paid a fortune to live in Arlington for good schools...

Yes, be sure to note, like many of the petition responders, if you just moved to Arlington from DC "for the schools." Nothing is more likely to influence the county board than a bunch of people who just moved here and are instantly demanding that the county spend literally hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of their toddlers.

"Many" posters? I read the comments- literally 5 or 6 people mentioned moving to Arlington for the schools, and one of those said she moved here 13 years ago and has kids who have already gone through the system. Over 400 people signed the petition. And I'm pretty sure a lot of people are mentioning their mere toddlers because those are the kids who will be most affected by the predicted overcrowding. But you knew that.

I was just being snarky. You have to admit, it's kind of silly to say "we just moved here for the schools" and then in the same breath complain that the schools are too crowded and someone should do something about it.

DP- I moved here 11 years ago. I just now have an infant. I'm sick of hearing, " victims of our own success"
Fuck that.
They need to get their shit in gear.
Of course what the hell do I know. I voted for the guy who said infrastructure should be priority #1 in the last election. Everyone else disagreed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The big crisis facing Arlington is high school over crowding. If you think AH is going affect your property value, you are looking at the wrong issue.

Here's a petition support a 4th high school in Arlington.

https://www.change.org/p/arlington-county-board-aps-should-build-new-high-school-space-not-make-schools-bigger-and-double-shift-students?recruiter=113822210&utm_source=petitions_show_components_action_panel_wrapper&utm_medium=copylink

Maybe you've been around since before the boom and won't be hurt by bad decisions in our county.

Or maybe you paid a fortune to live in Arlington for good schools...

Yes, be sure to note, like many of the petition responders, if you just moved to Arlington from DC "for the schools." Nothing is more likely to influence the county board than a bunch of people who just moved here and are instantly demanding that the county spend literally hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of their toddlers.

"Many" posters? I read the comments- literally 5 or 6 people mentioned moving to Arlington for the schools, and one of those said she moved here 13 years ago and has kids who have already gone through the system. Over 400 people signed the petition. And I'm pretty sure a lot of people are mentioning their mere toddlers because those are the kids who will be most affected by the predicted overcrowding. But you knew that.

I was just being snarky. You have to admit, it's kind of silly to say "we just moved here for the schools" and then in the same breath complain that the schools are too crowded and someone should do something about it.

DP- I moved here 11 years ago. I just now have an infant. I'm sick of hearing, " victims of our own success"
Fuck that.
They need to get their shit in gear.
Of course what the hell do I know. I voted for the guy who said infrastructure should be priority #1 in the last election. Everyone else disagreed.

The old guard in Arlington politics is going after Libby Garvey hammer and tong to punish her for her support of John Vihstadt. If younger people in Arlington don't become rational and vote in a rational manner, you will have more problems than affordable housing and overcrowded school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My great aunt and grandma have been benefitting from AH. I brought them over three years ago and they easily got AH. They are loving it over here. It is a wonderful opportunity for them to live in this country and experience our generosity.

Are they at Claridge House or Hunter Park?

Great Aunt and Grandma were brought over 3 years ago and get tax payer funded affordable housing? I say he11 to the NO. Whose generosity? It should all be on the one who brought them over. What a load of garbage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My great aunt and grandma have been benefitting from AH. I brought them over three years ago and they easily got AH. They are loving it over here. It is a wonderful opportunity for them to live in this country and experience our generosity.

Are they at Claridge House or Hunter Park?

Great Aunt and Grandma were brought over 3 years ago and get tax payer funded affordable housing? I say he11 to the NO. Whose generosity? It should all be on the one who brought them over. What a load of garbage.

Troll post dude. Chill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:


DP- I moved here 11 years ago. I just now have an infant. I'm sick of hearing, " victims of our own success"
Fuck that.
They need to get their shit in gear.
Of course what the hell do I know. I voted for the guy who said infrastructure should be priority #1 in the last election. Everyone else disagreed.

This is us, too. I didn't move here for the schools, but decided to stay because of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


DP- I moved here 11 years ago. I just now have an infant. I'm sick of hearing, " victims of our own success"
Fuck that.
They need to get their shit in gear.
Of course what the hell do I know. I voted for the guy who said infrastructure should be priority #1 in the last election. Everyone else disagreed.

This is us, too. I didn't move here for the schools, but decided to stay because of them.

Please sign the petition. Without pressure, they will settle on crappy solutions

[Anonymous]

Who the hell moves to Arlington for reasons OTHER than the schools? We pay out the nose for tiny houses in order to have good schools and a decent commute. Do you know what I could get in Alexandria or Fairfax for over a million? It's not like we even have a prestigious name like Bethesda or McLean to throw around at parties. Everyone I know moved here for the schools.

[Anonymous]

Well the people who show up to meetings and vote already sent their kids through the schools.
They don't really care if a classes of kids go to school in shifts. The population will go back down like it did before. No new schools as far as they are concerned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well the people who show up to meetings and vote already sent their kids through the schools.
They don't really care if a classes of kids go to school in shifts. The population will go back down like it did before. No new schools as far as they are concerned.

Amazingly something like 85% of households in Arlington DON'T have kids in the schools and the percentage is going up because there are more apartments/condos being built each year compared to new SFHs. And yeah, even the people who moved here for the schools 20 or 30 years ago just care about their property taxes now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well the people who show up to meetings and vote already sent their kids through the schools.
They don't really care if a classes of kids go to school in shifts. The population will go back down like it did before. No new schools as far as they are concerned.

Amazingly something like 85% of households in Arlington DON'T have kids in the schools and the percentage is going up because there are more apartments/condos being built each year compared to new SFHs. And yeah, even the people who moved here for the schools 20 or 30 years ago just care about their property taxes now.

Of course that's not taking into account families with multiple kids deciding to live in condos and townhomes. APS has been looking at projections, but not really accepting that. It's a very recent trend, but I don't see it waning. The commutes further out are terrible and metro sucks.

[Anonymous]

I came here because it was the only close in place where I could get an apartment that was a reasonable debt to income ratio and have free parking. I could take the Metro or drive to work with ease. That was back on '05. I liked it and stayed, convinced my husband that we should buy a house here. Now we live in S Arl and are demanding good schools and reasonable housing plans.

And we signed that petition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I came here because it was the only close in place where I could get an apartment that was a reasonable debt to income ratio and have free parking. I could take the Metro or drive to work with ease. That was back on '05. I liked it and stayed, convinced my husband that we should buy a house here. Now we live in S Arl and are demanding good schools and reasonable housing plans.

And we signed that petition.

You sound like us!
We signed too