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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

How is this ruining the country? Because people need to live in areas that comport with their affordability instead of the government trying to get everyone a prize at the expense of current homeowners? No one has a right to live in Arlington. It’s a very nice and expensive place.

I would love a house in Newport Beach. I can’t afford a $8M house so I don’t live there.

because EVERYTHING that is a common good gets opposed by NIMBYs. Preschools, high schools, sidewalks, solar powed, waste treatment plants …

The best thing for the common hood would be for people to understand that if you want something nice in this country you have to sacrifice and work your tail off. In an era of student loan forgiveness, free housing for illegal immigrants, and countless other government giveaways it’s gotten totally out of control.

This is why there is a huge disconnect with some liberals in Arlington, extremely socially liberal, but also believe what you said above that you should work hard to get to where you are and should enjoy the benefits of that hard work. They’re happy to donate their hard earned money to those less fortunate, but don’t want them living next-door.

It’s not surprising that a generation of young people who grew up getting participation trophies would have no shame in thinking they deserve to live in close-in high income neighborhoods. The lack of self awareness is galling.

Devils advocate, why does someone who can’t afford it think they should “deserve” to live in a particular neighborhood?

They were raised as upper middle class kids by boomer parents who worked hard to accomplish a good life for them. Many were in the first generation to earn college degrees and ground through college on the GI bill or through night school, including law school. They wanted their kids to have what they missed and encouraged them to follow their passions. The kids did so but the passion does not pay enough to have the kind of life they had as a kid.

This is so true. Yimbys are a bunch of people with useless degrees and too much student loan debt that made bad life decisions.

there’s nothing more pathetic than an old boomer refusing to change and holding on to his broke down ratty SFH with no sidewalk as if it were Versailles.

DP. This comment shows the entitlement and disdain YIMBYs have for working and middle class SFH homeowners, suggesting that our modest homes are unworthy of existing and are just “tear downs”. For so many of us, this home is our dwelling and an investment in our now and our future. It took us years - for some, decades - to save for these homes. And yet YIMBYs not only mock our homes but demand they have instant access to homes without any of the hard work it takes to save for one.

So much for the YIMBY concern for the middle classes …. The same homeowners the PP mocks above.

YIMBYs and Density Bros are openly ageist, mocking people as the “Olds”, and dismissing their mobility challenges which require driving. I’ve seen long time residents dismissed with “why don’t you move to Leisure World”?

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

How is this ruining the country? Because people need to live in areas that comport with their affordability instead of the government trying to get everyone a prize at the expense of current homeowners? No one has a right to live in Arlington. It’s a very nice and expensive place.

I would love a house in Newport Beach. I can’t afford a $8M house so I don’t live there.

because EVERYTHING that is a common good gets opposed by NIMBYs. Preschools, high schools, sidewalks, solar powed, waste treatment plants …

The best thing for the common hood would be for people to understand that if you want something nice in this country you have to sacrifice and work your tail off. In an era of student loan forgiveness, free housing for illegal immigrants, and countless other government giveaways it’s gotten totally out of control.

This is why there is a huge disconnect with some liberals in Arlington, extremely socially liberal, but also believe what you said above that you should work hard to get to where you are and should enjoy the benefits of that hard work. They’re happy to donate their hard earned money to those less fortunate, but don’t want them living next-door.

It’s not surprising that a generation of young people who grew up getting participation trophies would have no shame in thinking they deserve to live in close-in high income neighborhoods. The lack of self awareness is galling.

Devils advocate, why does someone who can’t afford it think they should “deserve” to live in a particular neighborhood?

They were raised as upper middle class kids by boomer parents who worked hard to accomplish a good life for them. Many were in the first generation to earn college degrees and ground through college on the GI bill or through night school, including law school. They wanted their kids to have what they missed and encouraged them to follow their passions. The kids did so but the passion does not pay enough to have the kind of life they had as a kid.

This is so true. Yimbys are a bunch of people with useless degrees and too much student loan debt that made bad life decisions.

there’s nothing more pathetic than an old boomer refusing to change and holding on to his broke down ratty SFH with no sidewalk as if it were Versailles.

DP. This comment shows the entitlement and disdain YIMBYs have for working and middle class SFH homeowners, suggesting that our modest homes are unworthy of existing and are just “tear downs”. For so many of us, this home is our dwelling and an investment in our now and our future. It took us years - for some, decades - to save for these homes. And yet YIMBYs not only mock our homes but demand they have instant access to homes without any of the hard work it takes to save for one.

So much for the YIMBY concern for the middle classes …. The same homeowners the PP mocks above.

YIMBYs and Density Bros are openly ageist, mocking people as the “Olds”, and dismissing their mobility challenges which require driving. I’ve seen long time residents dismissed with “why don’t you move to Leisure World”?

Amusing because most of them don’t really seem to be that young. Mostly millennials that are 35-40ish, which is roughly same demographic of the homeowners in my neighborhood. Some a little older, a few a little younger, but mostly late-30s or early-40s, and almost none of them in my neighborhood support this deregulation. Most of the older folks don’t even know what is happening, and if they do, they don’t care that much. They are selling in a few years, anyway. The YIMBYs are just hurt children throwing out insults.

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

How is this ruining the country? Because people need to live in areas that comport with their affordability instead of the government trying to get everyone a prize at the expense of current homeowners? No one has a right to live in Arlington. It’s a very nice and expensive place.

I would love a house in Newport Beach. I can’t afford a $8M house so I don’t live there.

because EVERYTHING that is a common good gets opposed by NIMBYs. Preschools, high schools, sidewalks, solar powed, waste treatment plants …

The best thing for the common hood would be for people to understand that if you want something nice in this country you have to sacrifice and work your tail off. In an era of student loan forgiveness, free housing for illegal immigrants, and countless other government giveaways it’s gotten totally out of control.

This is why there is a huge disconnect with some liberals in Arlington, extremely socially liberal, but also believe what you said above that you should work hard to get to where you are and should enjoy the benefits of that hard work. They’re happy to donate their hard earned money to those less fortunate, but don’t want them living next-door.

It’s not surprising that a generation of young people who grew up getting participation trophies would have no shame in thinking they deserve to live in close-in high income neighborhoods. The lack of self awareness is galling.

Devils advocate, why does someone who can’t afford it think they should “deserve” to live in a particular neighborhood?

They were raised as upper middle class kids by boomer parents who worked hard to accomplish a good life for them. Many were in the first generation to earn college degrees and ground through college on the GI bill or through night school, including law school. They wanted their kids to have what they missed and encouraged them to follow their passions. The kids did so but the passion does not pay enough to have the kind of life they had as a kid.

This is so true. Yimbys are a bunch of people with useless degrees and too much student loan debt that made bad life decisions.

there’s nothing more pathetic than an old boomer refusing to change and holding on to his broke down ratty SFH with no sidewalk as if it were Versailles.

DP. This comment shows the entitlement and disdain YIMBYs have for working and middle class SFH homeowners, suggesting that our modest homes are unworthy of existing and are just “tear downs”. For so many of us, this home is our dwelling and an investment in our now and our future. It took us years - for some, decades - to save for these homes. And yet YIMBYs not only mock our homes but demand they have instant access to homes without any of the hard work it takes to save for one.

So much for the YIMBY concern for the middle classes …. The same homeowners the PP mocks above.

YIMBYs and Density Bros are openly ageist, mocking people as the “Olds”, and dismissing their mobility challenges which require driving. I’ve seen long time residents dismissed with “why don’t you move to Leisure World”?

To be fair, many of the "Olds" have mobility challenges because they live in SFHs and drive everywhere. Maybe if they had actually used their legs at any point in the last 50 years, they wouldn't have mobility challenges. And maybe, just maybe, we should stop consigning future generations do early disability by automobile?

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

How is this ruining the country? Because people need to live in areas that comport with their affordability instead of the government trying to get everyone a prize at the expense of current homeowners? No one has a right to live in Arlington. It’s a very nice and expensive place.

I would love a house in Newport Beach. I can’t afford a $8M house so I don’t live there.

because EVERYTHING that is a common good gets opposed by NIMBYs. Preschools, high schools, sidewalks, solar powed, waste treatment plants …

The best thing for the common hood would be for people to understand that if you want something nice in this country you have to sacrifice and work your tail off. In an era of student loan forgiveness, free housing for illegal immigrants, and countless other government giveaways it’s gotten totally out of control.

This is why there is a huge disconnect with some liberals in Arlington, extremely socially liberal, but also believe what you said above that you should work hard to get to where you are and should enjoy the benefits of that hard work. They’re happy to donate their hard earned money to those less fortunate, but don’t want them living next-door.

It’s not surprising that a generation of young people who grew up getting participation trophies would have no shame in thinking they deserve to live in close-in high income neighborhoods. The lack of self awareness is galling.

Devils advocate, why does someone who can’t afford it think they should “deserve” to live in a particular neighborhood?

They were raised as upper middle class kids by boomer parents who worked hard to accomplish a good life for them. Many were in the first generation to earn college degrees and ground through college on the GI bill or through night school, including law school. They wanted their kids to have what they missed and encouraged them to follow their passions. The kids did so but the passion does not pay enough to have the kind of life they had as a kid.

This is so true. Yimbys are a bunch of people with useless degrees and too much student loan debt that made bad life decisions.

there’s nothing more pathetic than an old boomer refusing to change and holding on to his broke down ratty SFH with no sidewalk as if it were Versailles.

DP. This comment shows the entitlement and disdain YIMBYs have for working and middle class SFH homeowners, suggesting that our modest homes are unworthy of existing and are just “tear downs”. For so many of us, this home is our dwelling and an investment in our now and our future. It took us years - for some, decades - to save for these homes. And yet YIMBYs not only mock our homes but demand they have instant access to homes without any of the hard work it takes to save for one.

So much for the YIMBY concern for the middle classes …. The same homeowners the PP mocks above.

YIMBYs and Density Bros are openly ageist, mocking people as the “Olds”, and dismissing their mobility challenges which require driving. I’ve seen long time residents dismissed with “why don’t you move to Leisure World”?

To be fair, many of the "Olds" have mobility challenges because they live in SFHs and drive everywhere. Maybe if they had actually used their legs at any point in the last 50 years, they wouldn't have mobility challenges. And maybe, just maybe, we should stop consigning future generations do early disability by automobile?

You are absolutely ridiculous and hate elderly people. Are you going to blame them for having dementia and cancer next? Arlington is one of the healthiest county’s in the US and it has a life expectancy more 6 six years longer than the US average that is comparable to Japan. People living here take very good care of their health and you should not be victim blaming people for age-related disabilities.

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

How is this ruining the country? Because people need to live in areas that comport with their affordability instead of the government trying to get everyone a prize at the expense of current homeowners? No one has a right to live in Arlington. It’s a very nice and expensive place.

I would love a house in Newport Beach. I can’t afford a $8M house so I don’t live there.

because EVERYTHING that is a common good gets opposed by NIMBYs. Preschools, high schools, sidewalks, solar powed, waste treatment plants …

The best thing for the common hood would be for people to understand that if you want something nice in this country you have to sacrifice and work your tail off. In an era of student loan forgiveness, free housing for illegal immigrants, and countless other government giveaways it’s gotten totally out of control.

This is why there is a huge disconnect with some liberals in Arlington, extremely socially liberal, but also believe what you said above that you should work hard to get to where you are and should enjoy the benefits of that hard work. They’re happy to donate their hard earned money to those less fortunate, but don’t want them living next-door.

It’s not surprising that a generation of young people who grew up getting participation trophies would have no shame in thinking they deserve to live in close-in high income neighborhoods. The lack of self awareness is galling.

Devils advocate, why does someone who can’t afford it think they should “deserve” to live in a particular neighborhood?

They were raised as upper middle class kids by boomer parents who worked hard to accomplish a good life for them. Many were in the first generation to earn college degrees and ground through college on the GI bill or through night school, including law school. They wanted their kids to have what they missed and encouraged them to follow their passions. The kids did so but the passion does not pay enough to have the kind of life they had as a kid.

This is so true. Yimbys are a bunch of people with useless degrees and too much student loan debt that made bad life decisions.

there’s nothing more pathetic than an old boomer refusing to change and holding on to his broke down ratty SFH with no sidewalk as if it were Versailles.

DP. This comment shows the entitlement and disdain YIMBYs have for working and middle class SFH homeowners, suggesting that our modest homes are unworthy of existing and are just “tear downs”. For so many of us, this home is our dwelling and an investment in our now and our future. It took us years - for some, decades - to save for these homes. And yet YIMBYs not only mock our homes but demand they have instant access to homes without any of the hard work it takes to save for one.

So much for the YIMBY concern for the middle classes …. The same homeowners the PP mocks above.

YIMBYs and Density Bros are openly ageist, mocking people as the “Olds”, and dismissing their mobility challenges which require driving. I’ve seen long time residents dismissed with “why don’t you move to Leisure World”?

To be fair, many of the "Olds" have mobility challenges because they live in SFHs and drive everywhere. Maybe if they had actually used their legs at any point in the last 50 years, they wouldn't have mobility challenges. And maybe, just maybe, we should stop consigning future generations do early disability by automobile?

You are absolutely ridiculous and hate elderly people. Are you going to blame them for having dementia and cancer next? Arlington is one of the healthiest county’s in the US and it has a life expectancy more 6 six years longer than the US average that is comparable to Japan. People living here take very good care of their health a nd you should not be victim blaming people for age-related disabilities.

They're just self-righteous jerks. None of their policy arguments have been based on substance so it's no surprise that their insults are the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

How is this ruining the country? Because people need to live in areas that comport with their affordability instead of the government trying to get everyone a prize at the expense of current homeowners? No one has a right to live in Arlington. It’s a very nice and expensive place.

I would love a house in Newport Beach. I can’t afford a $8M house so I don’t live there.

because EVERYTHING that is a common good gets opposed by NIMBYs. Preschools, high schools, sidewalks, solar powed, waste treatment plants …

The best thing for the common hood would be for people to understand that if you want something nice in this country you have to sacrifice and work your tail off. In an era of student loan forgiveness, free housing for illegal immigrants, and countless other government giveaways it’s gotten totally out of control.

This is why there is a huge disconnect with some liberals in Arlington, extremely socially liberal, but also believe what you said above that you should work hard to get to where you are and should enjoy the benefits of that hard work. They’re happy to donate their hard earned money to those less fortunate, but don’t want them living next-door.

It’s not surprising that a generation of young people who grew up getting participation trophies would have no shame in thinking they deserve to live in close-in high income neighborhoods. The lack of self awareness is galling.

Devils advocate, why does someone who can’t afford it think they should “deserve” to live in a particular neighborhood?

They were raised as upper middle class kids by boomer parents who worked hard to accomplish a good life for them. Many were in the first generation to earn college degrees and ground through college on the GI bill or through night school, including law school. They wanted their kids to have what they missed and encouraged them to follow their passions. The kids did so but the passion does not pay enough to have the kind of life they had as a kid.

This is so true. Yimbys are a bunch of people with useless degrees and too much student loan debt that made bad life decisions.

there’s nothing more pathetic than an old boomer refusing to change and holding on to his broke down ratty SFH with no sidewalk as if it were Versailles.

DP. This comment shows the entitlement and disdain YIMBYs have for working and middle class SFH homeowners, suggesting that our modest homes are unworthy of existing and are just “tear downs”. For so many of us, this home is our dwelling and an investment in our now and our future. It took us years - for some, decades - to save for these homes. And yet YIMBYs not only mock our homes but demand they have instant access to homes without any of the hard work it takes to save for one.

So much for the YIMBY concern for the middle classes …. The same homeowners the PP mocks above.

YIMBYs and Density Bros are openly ageist, mocking people as the “Olds”, and dismissing their mobility challenges which require driving. I’ve seen long time residents dismissed with “why don’t you move to Leisure World”?

To be fair, many of the "Olds" have mobility challenges because they live in SFHs and drive everywhere. Maybe if they had actually used their legs at any point in the last 50 years, they wouldn't have mobility challenges. And maybe, just maybe, we should stop consigning future generations do early disability by automobile?

You are absolutely ridiculous and hate elderly people. Are you going to blame them for having dementia and cancer next? Arlington is one of the healthiest county’s in the US and it has a life expectancy more 6 six years longer than the US average that is comparable to Japan. People living here take very good care of their health and you should not be victim blaming people for age-related disabilities.

I don't see how you can argue that Arlington is as healthy as Japan, but we can't build anything in Arlington because the Olds need to drive within 6 feet of their destination. Old people in Japan walk everywhere, why can't Arlington olds?

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

That's right - ignore that the infrastructure cannot handle the added capacity of the proposed development.

yeah because a county that can manage a massive dense residential area like the Ballston corridor is totally unable to manage the modest redevelopment of SFH to small multi family 🤡

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

How is this ruining the country? Because people need to live in areas that comport with their affordability instead of the government trying to get everyone a prize at the expense of current homeowners? No one has a right to live in Arlington. It’s a very nice and expensive place.

I would love a house in Newport Beach. I can’t afford a $8M house so I don’t live there.

because EVERYTHING that is a common good gets opposed by NIMBYs. Preschools, high schools, sidewalks, solar powed, waste treatment plants …

The best thing for the common hood would be for people to understand that if you want something nice in this country you have to sacrifice and work your tail off. In an era of student loan forgiveness, free housing for illegal immigrants, and countless other government giveaways it’s gotten totally out of control.

This is why there is a huge disconnect with some liberals in Arlington, extremely socially liberal, but also believe what you said above that you should work hard to get to where you are and should enjoy the benefits of that hard work. They’re happy to donate their hard earned money to those less fortunate, but don’t want them living next-door.

It’s not surprising that a generation of young people who grew up getting participation trophies would have no shame in thinking they deserve to live in close-in high income neighborhoods. The lack of self awareness is galling.

Devils advocate, why does someone who can’t afford it think they should “deserve” to live in a particular neighborhood?

They were raised as upper middle class kids by boomer parents who worked hard to accomplish a good life for them. Many were in the first generation to earn college degrees and ground through college on the GI bill or through night school, including law school. They wanted their kids to have what they missed and encouraged them to follow their passions. The kids did so but the passion does not pay enough to have the kind of life they had as a kid.

This is so true. Yimbys are a bunch of people with useless degrees and too much student loan debt that made bad life decisions.

there’s nothing more pathetic than an old boomer refusing to change and holding on to his broke down ratty SFH with no sidewalk as if it were Versailles.

DP. This comment shows the entitlement and disdain YIMBYs have for working and middle class SFH homeowners, suggesting that our modest homes are unworthy of existing and are just “tear downs”. For so many of us, this home is our dwelling and an investment in our now and our future. It took us years - for some, decades - to save for these homes. And yet YIMBYs not only mock our homes but demand they have instant access to homes without any of the hard work it takes to save for one.

So much for the YIMBY concern for the middle classes …. The same homeowners the PP mocks above.

YIMBYs and Density Bros are openly ageist, mocking people as the “Olds”, and dismissing their mobility challenges which require driving. I’ve seen long time residents dismissed with “why don’t you move to Leisure World”?

To be fair, many of the "Olds" have mobility challenges because they live in SFHs and drive everywhere. Maybe if they had actually used their legs at any point in the last 50 years, they wouldn't have mobility challenges. And maybe, just maybe, we should stop consigning future generations do early disability by automobile?

You are absolutely ridiculous and hate elderly people. Are you going to blame them for having dementia and cancer next? Arlington is one of the healthiest county’s in the US and it has a life expectancy more 6 six years longer than the US average that is comparable to Japan. People living here take very good care of their health a nd you should not be victim blaming people for age-related disabilities.

They're just self-righteous jerks. None of their policy arguments have been based on substance so it's no surprise that their insults are the same.

true. the well known housing affordability crisis was completely made up by millenials that want to steal your propery rights by (checks notes) letting others develop their own property into small apartment buildings.

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

That's right - ignore that the infrastructure cannot handle the added capacity of the proposed development.

yeah because a county that can manage a massive dense residential area like the Ballston corridor is totally unable to manage the modest redevelopment of SFH to small multi family 🤡

I live uphill from a location that has had serious flooding with hundreds of thousands of dollars to existing homes several times in the past few years, and that flooding is only supposed to increase in frequency and severity. The county has held meetings about proposed solutions, only to decide that they're too expensive. The county has now approved a MM permit uphill from that severe flooding location, which will increase surface coverage and decrease land for rainwater to be absorbed. There are several adjacent lots to that property that are also ripe for redevelopment if MM is revived. Is Arlington county going to do anything about the problem it's exacerbating? Has it even considered the impact on existing home owners?

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Anonymous wrote:Ha. Ha. I love it.

https://www.arlnow.com/2024/09/27/breaking-judge-overturns-missing-middle-zoning-changes/

Judge David Schell, born in 1949. Of course it's some ancient boomer on the bench who is over-turning a ruling to try to right the wrongs of the suburban 1-unit dwelling development boom that's been occurring for his entire life and has resulted in housing unaffordability throughout the country, despite the recent election where this was a stark defining point between the two candidates and where the pro-reform candidate won 52% to 43% versus the anti-reform candidate.

Birth control and immigration control is the only way to lower housing costs. Building more housing just makes more people want to move in.

Look at NYC. Incredibly dense and incredibly expensive.

How much housing are they building in NYC?

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Anonymous wrote:WOOOHOOO!

No more traffic needed on my street! I saved long to pay for my quiet street.

We found the guy that owns the street.

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

That's right - ignore that the infrastructure cannot handle the added capacity of the proposed development.

yeah because a county that can manage a massive dense residential area like the Ballston corridor is totally unable to manage the modest redevelopment of SFH to small multi family 🤡

Are you familiar with the flooding issues in Arlington?
The issues on my street relate to how Arlington installed stormwater drainage in the 1950s. Those pipes can't handle current lot coverage and intense storms. Arlington has not fixed the issue, declaring it too expensive to solve.

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Anonymous wrote:They basically want to turn the whole DMV into Mexico City. No, I do not mean that in a disparaging ethic way, but they’ll try to jam pack way too many people in a certain area just like Mexico City. And guess what’s happening to MC? The entire city is sinking because infrastructure can’t handle water and sewage demand. The city is going to collapse because there will be no more water.

Maybe, just maybe, not everyone has the god given right to live wherever they want, when they want. You build infrastructure up to a certain level with a limit. You can only sustain a population up to that limit. If you can’t afford to live there due to limit on capacity, then you simply find more affordable, less dense areas to live. The U.S. is massive. I don’t understand why we insist on making certain areas extremely dense when there is huge amounts of room and space elsewhere available that’s already far more affordable. You can live in PA, WV, or OH for much more affordable housing.

You can live in PA or OH if you want a massive SFH with a giant yard. You don’t get to both live close to an urban center and demand other people cannot live there.

There is a capacity limit due to infrastructure, dimwit. You can’t keep packing people into the same area if sewage systems, water infrastructure, schools, etc. can’t handle it. Look at Mexico City for the nightmare that can happen. Spread density out where more infrastructure can be built for a fraction of the cost. You don’t have a god given inherent right to live where you think you should. I deserve $1000/mo rent in Jackson Hole too! Build me my home, now! lol.

wtf does Mexico City have to do with it?? (except to be the classic nonsequitur that NIMBYs love to layer on.)

don’t worry, zoning reform will prevail and we’ll all have a good laugh when only the truly mentally deranged among you are left to chain yourself to the sh*tshack teardown.

Because if you knew anything about Mexico City you'd know they entire area is sinking and it is on the path to becoming uninhabitable. The city is sinking because of too much water demand. The city's sewer systems also get constantly backed up and overflow. That's what happens when you jam pack too many people into an area and infrastructure can't handle it. You give them more water, but you didn't soe enough time to study whether massive water demand increases can cause huge issues with subsidence they can ruin vast swaths of terrain and anything built in top of it.

Are you comparing a city of 9+ million built on a lake with Arlington county?

yes. yes he is 🤡

one thing I’ve learned over several years of being involved in various public improvement/land use projects is that NIMBYs make the most outlandish arguments stacked on top of each other - if not outright lies. This is because generally their only true underlying belief and goal is that nothing should ever change (unless they specifically want it to). so they don’t generally have many bona fide arguments but just a series of increasingly outlandish, disingenuous, and sometimes paranoid claims.

But then the YIYBYs argue that D.C. and Arlington should be as dense as Tokyo.

I’ve never heard anyone say that. The citation to Tokyo is about their much faster/cheaper modular construction, which means rents are much lower.

They literally say stuff like that. People at the YIMBYs for Harris event the other week were saying America should look like Singapore.

A garden city. Wish our transit worked that well.

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Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

That's right - ignore that the infrastructure cannot handle the added capacity of the proposed development.

yeah because a county that can manage a massive dense residential area like the Ballston corridor is totally unable to manage the modest redevelopment of SFH to small multi family 🤡

Are you familiar with the flooding issues in Arlington?
The issues on my street relate to how Arlington installed stormwater drainage in the 1950s. Those pipes can't handle current lot coverage and intense storms. Arlington has not fixed the issue, declaring it too expensive to solve.

https://images.app.goo.gl/P4R3r9T7xrabbuze9
https://images.app.goo.gl/NnoxMzUpFfhdgX1RA
https://images.app.goo.gl/tJYWEJkgGEPoK2SC7

I am sure the county added some new code regulations to require permeable surfaces and dry wells or was that an extra expense that developers didn't want to pay for?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nimbys are the worst. Seriously. You’re ruining this country.

That's right - ignore that the infrastructure cannot handle the added capacity of the proposed development.

yeah because a county that can manage a massive dense residential area like the Ballston corridor is totally unable to manage the modest redevelopment of SFH to small multi family 🤡

Are you familiar with the flooding issues in Arlington?
The issues on my street relate to how Arlington installed stormwater drainage in the 1950s. Those pipes can't handle current lot coverage and intense storms. Arlington has not fixed the issue, declaring it too expensive to solve.

https://images.app.goo.gl/P4R3r9T7xrabbuze9
https://images.app.goo.gl/NnoxMzUpFfhdgX1RA
https://images.app.goo.gl/tJYWEJkgGEPoK2SC7

Not that the president of the Clarendon civic association quoted in the WaPo article thinks money for flood remediation is better spent on bike lanes, as folks in these neighborhoods are "rich." Guess who probably also supports MM?