Potomac needs multi family housing

[Anonymous]

Where do you live OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do you live OP?

Under a bridge where all trolls live.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, Curious why you say that. Potomac is a bit rural and not near public transportation or much of anything else for that matter.

There’s no reason we can’t build transit there or add bus routes.

There is a reason why we cannot do these things, it is called planning. These things are not in the short or long-term transportation plans for Potomac. Furthermore, to the OPs first point, the county took a historic look at housing and land use to produce a new general plan called Thrive 2050 that had the organizing principal of “compact growth”. Developing Potomac contradicts that principal and as a result, River Rd north of the Beltway to Potomac was specifically and unanimously determined to not be a “growth corridor” for housing densification.

Planning said we can add transit and buses in the River Road corridor. That’s why the part inside the beltway is a growth corridor in Thrive. It was supposed to be a growth outside the beltway into Potomac too but Friedson made them take it out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, Curious why you say that. Potomac is a bit rural and not near public transportation or much of anything else for that matter.

There’s no reason we can’t build transit there or add bus routes.

There is a reason why we cannot do these things, it is called planning. These things are not in the short or long-term transportation plans for Potomac. Furthermore, to the OPs first point, the county took a historic look at housing and land use to produce a new general plan called Thrive 2050 that had the organizing principal of “compact growth”. Developing Potomac contradicts that principal and as a result, River Rd north of the Beltway to Potomac was specifically and unanimously determined to not be a “growth corridor” for housing densification.

Planning said we can add transit and buses in the River Road corridor. That’s why the part inside the beltway is a growth corridor in Thrive. It was supposed to be a growth outside the beltway into Potomac too but Friedson made them take it out.

Which parts of Potomac are inside the Beltway?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, Curious why you say that. Potomac is a bit rural and not near public transportation or much of anything else for that matter.

There’s no reason we can’t build transit there or add bus routes.

There is a reason why we cannot do these things, it is called planning. These things are not in the short or long-term transportation plans for Potomac. Furthermore, to the OPs first point, the county took a historic look at housing and land use to produce a new general plan called Thrive 2050 that had the organizing principal of “compact growth”. Developing Potomac contradicts that principal and as a result, River Rd north of the Beltway to Potomac was specifically and unanimously determined to not be a “growth corridor” for housing densification.

Planning said we can add transit and buses in the River Road corridor. That’s why the part inside the beltway is a growth corridor in Thrive. It was supposed to be a growth outside the beltway into Potomac too but Friedson made them take it out.

Which parts of Potomac are inside the Beltway?

The Palasides

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are you the same poster in the Clifton thread calling for affordable multi family housing?

I think the interchanges poster has found a new pet hobby.

Ohh god that poster is/was nuts. Have never met anyone as obsessed with roads as that individual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, Curious why you say that. Potomac is a bit rural and not near public transportation or much of anything else for that matter.

There’s no reason we can’t build transit there or add bus routes.

There is a reason why we cannot do these things, it is called planning. These things are not in the short or long-term transportation plans for Potomac. Furthermore, to the OPs first point, the county took a historic look at housing and land use to produce a new general plan called Thrive 2050 that had the organizing principal of “compact growth”. Developing Potomac contradicts that principal and as a result, River Rd north of the Beltway to Potomac was specifically and unanimously determined to not be a “growth corridor” for housing densification.

Planning said we can add transit and buses in the River Road corridor. That’s why the part inside the beltway is a growth corridor in Thrive. It was supposed to be a growth outside the beltway into Potomac too but Friedson made them take it out.

Which parts of Potomac are inside the Beltway?

The Palasides

Nice joke but I’m pretty sure it’s actually Kent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, Curious why you say that. Potomac is a bit rural and not near public transportation or much of anything else for that matter.

There’s no reason we can’t build transit there or add bus routes.

There is a reason why we cannot do these things, it is called planning. These things are not in the short or long-term transportation plans for Potomac. Furthermore, to the OPs first point, the county took a historic look at housing and land use to produce a new general plan called Thrive 2050 that had the organizing principal of “compact growth”. Developing Potomac contradicts that principal and as a result, River Rd north of the Beltway to Potomac was specifically and unanimously determined to not be a “growth corridor” for housing densification.

Planning said we can add transit and buses in the River Road corridor. That’s why the part inside the beltway is a growth corridor in Thrive. It was supposed to be a growth outside the beltway into Potomac too but Friedson made them take it out.

Which parts of Potomac are inside the Beltway?

The Palasides

Nice joke but I’m pretty sure it’s actually Kent.

?????

[Anonymous]

OP this made me and DH laugh. As someone who lives in Potomac, I can tell you for a fact that this area does not have the infrastructure ready to host multifamily housing.

Maybe they can do this over in Clarksburg or Urbana, but not in Potomac, there is no way the residents would go for something as radical as that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, Curious why you say that. Potomac is a bit rural and not near public transportation or much of anything else for that matter.

There’s no reason we can’t build transit there or add bus routes.

There is a reason why we cannot do these things, it is called planning. These things are not in the short or long-term transportation plans for Potomac. Furthermore, to the OPs first point, the county took a historic look at housing and land use to produce a new general plan called Thrive 2050 that had the organizing principal of “compact growth”. Developing Potomac contradicts that principal and as a result, River Rd north of the Beltway to Potomac was specifically and unanimously determined to not be a “growth corridor” for housing densification.

Planning said we can add transit and buses in the River Road corridor. That’s why the part inside the beltway is a growth corridor in Thrive. It was supposed to be a growth outside the beltway into Potomac too but Friedson made them take it out.

This is incorrect. Planning said that because it was possible to add transit to River Rd below the Beltway that it should be included as a growth corridor, despite the fact that there is no actual plan or planning document that proposed transit on River Rd. It wasn’t even included in the county BRT long-range plan.

[Anonymous]

I guess I don't really understand all of the drama surrounding affordable housing. I would love to live in San Diego or Manhattan, but I can't afford it. So I ended up living somewhere that is more affordable. And despite their best efforts to increase multi family housing, these areas remain very expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess I don't really understand all of the drama surrounding affordable housing. I would love to live in San Diego or Manhattan, but I can't afford it. So I ended up living somewhere that is more affordable. And despite their best efforts to increase multi family housing, these areas remain very expensive.

Houston supposed lot has everything they claim to want, affordable housing and limited yo no zoning restrictions on density. They absolutely don’t want to emulate Houston though as it runs contrary to their dogma of density and “compact growth”. Turns out, these people are either lying to themselves or they don’t know what they want.

[Anonymous]

Potomac has the Scotland neighborhood off of Seven Locks Road.
They also had some affordable housing multifamily homes in Avenel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm talking about apartments, rent controlled and affordable housing needs to be a priority in that town

Why exactly does Potomac NEED multi-family housing? Why do you believe affordable housing should be a priority in this particular area?

Because it is not already there is not an acceptable answer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Potomac has the Scotland neighborhood off of Seven Locks Road.
They also had some affordable housing multifamily homes in Avenel.

This is all true. There is also plenty of affordable housing around Travilah.

I guess the problem is that it is all single family attached and not multi family? If that’s the problem, it’s not a real problem. I guarantee if you also that the people in the affordable housing in Scotland, Avenel and Travilah would probably be very much against apartments going up in their neighborhoods.