Totally. All of this. Nothing ever fully captures anything from the side of those who take a financial risk. It’s always this perceived attack on monies interests and how they rape the poor and yada yada. Most landlords are small time. I wish there was more of a vocal voice for these folks. |
GGW founder David Alpert deleted his Twitter today after firing off some apparently questionable things about the DCPS Juneteenth announcement. People saying he has been canceled. |
They are not going to answer this because this is their favorite tactic, implying that people that don’t agree with them are racist. Interestingly though, they don’t work with groups advocate on behalf of housing for people of color. And, if you take them at their word, how incredible must it be to walk around thinking everyone is racist? |
It’s not unexpected. To be cynical enough to be a white person demagoguing on race in a majority black city indicates that there’s a lot going on. |
It’s hard for me to understand. The folks on the inside clearly see the whole picture. They are fundraising, etc. But their readership and foot soldiers that they have cultivated, I cannot fathom how they have been convinced to support policies against their own interests. There is no mechanism by which hundreds of “luxury” apartments in a desirable area will make that area cheaper for them. They may cite obscure “studies”, but here in this area there is a positive feedback loop. More “luxury” apartments in an area breed more luxury apartments. |
And to be tin-eared enough to complain about schools closing when you're a absurdly wealthy White man of privilege who hasn't needed to work in more than a decade is astounding. |
No, I think they perfectly understand. It’s just talking points for them. In the context of transportation they will cite induced demand, but when it’s housing they use a different model. |
Completely agree with all of this. |
Some GGW write absurd columns about Arlington that also appear in ArlNow. One recent series by a privileged white non binary who attended an Ivy and lives off his rich real estate agent mom argues that the curved streets in Lyon Village were designed to keep blacks out. He wants duplexes triplexes and small apartment built in Lyon Village so that it is affordable to everyone. |
I read some market research from Redfin that something crazy like 90% of Millennials prefer single family homes over shared walls, even if it meant a substantially longer commute. I’ll try to find it. The American consumer has spoken, as we can see with the housing market today. There’s really no broad constituency for the policies GGW promote. Which to me indicates that there are strong interest groups with large financial incentives backing it. |
We don't use the term around here, but for small apartment buildings, or maybe you could call them fourplexes, on SFH sized lots, we used to call them dingbats. |
But the PP isn’t really correct to a point. The smugness of the “you must accept my terms” and “take an economics class” while misunderstanding the market dynamics as you point out really is a lot of what people don’t like about GGW. The PP is like the model for what’s wrong with GGW. |
If you go to the Public school section of DCUM, you'll find plenty of parents frustrated with the sudden announcement of school closing without any warning. |
You are mis-stating the premise. It isn't cheaper, it is just cheaper than it would have been if nothing new had been built. |
LOL, you have no idea what you are talking about. |