Missing middle is perfect antidote for Arlington racists

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The deleted comments are proof that racists are alive and well in Arlington - not surprising that this couple had a bad experience.

Curious what you saw, but a Pakistani-American is hardly novel in N Arlington. If anyone had a stereotype, they would assume he was a doctor!

I guess the wife is PR, which have different stereotypes but I really am skeptical they received any racist baiting.

Now a notice of demolition, and cagey answers as to what they are building in its place — that will surely get neighbors riled up and unfriendly.

The owner is subdividing at least, and wants to deflect the anger by claiming racism.

Similarly, racist comments are hardly novel in N Arlington.

I'm not surprised at all that this couple received negative comments - before the demo was posted.

Interesting. Do you live in Donaldson Run? Because I did and I know quite a few mixed marriage couples that live there and are quite happy. I also think that MMH is very unpopular in N Arlington so I have no doubt that people were asking questions and are pleased with their neighborhood being testing ground for two lots of MMH. But hey it’s a winning strategy pull the race card to shut everybody up.

"I have friends who live in Donaldson Run and are happy. This shows that nobody ever says anything racist to anybody there."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How in the world does the owner of a daycare afford a $4M house????

Commercial daycare that has many customers paying $$$$$ and staff is paid $. 1.17 acres so that would get the same number of units as a lot that is 25% or less the size under missing middle? That lot could have parking for 8 vehicles plus garage spaces holding 1-2 cars per unit. Lot size is unusually large but a 40,000+ sq foot lot gets the same units and vehicles as a 8000 sq foot lot?

Redfin also has a sale for it for 1m on 1/31/23 which matches the ARL county property website. $2.55m in 2023 List price started at 3.6.

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/2561-N-Vermont-St-22207/home/11230323

Aerials for the property are available https://geocortex.arlingtonva.us/Html5Viewer/Resources/3rdPartyMaps/Pictometry_public.aspx

That thing could have well over 10 units but whatever. ARL missing middle is whacky on lot sizes. Maybe it will be 8 townhouses at 1.5 m plus /unit? It could be 5 SFH at 1.8?

There are two lots:
sold for $1 - 51,062 sq ft - SFH
https://propertysearch.arlingtonva.us/Home/GeneralInformation?lrsn=6212

sold for $1.55 - 11,145 sq ft - vacant
https://propertysearch.arlingtonva.us/Home/GeneralInformation?lrsn=6213

Many options...

Thanks for posting the 1.17 lot subdivided into 2 lots which is what I suspected after seeing the 1m:
PARC 1 C RESUB LOTS 1 2 PARC 1 B RESUB BROYHILL 51062 SQ FT $1m
LOT 1 A RESUB LOTS 1 2 PARC 1 B RESUB BROYHILL 11145 SQ FT $1.55m

Lots total 62207 which is 1.428 acres. 51062 is 1.17 acres as listed on MLS and the first. Whatever- luckily these politcal types don't work in critical areas like surgery or fly planes.

.2 acre lot gets the same missing middle builds as a 1.17 acre lot.

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Anonymous wrote:It's wonderful how rich people can buy a large plot, do what they want with it, then virtue signal on social media.

This dude is my new favorite rabbit hole.

First off, $4m house from running a daycare? is that typical? i thought daycare workers were paid so little because there is so little money after running the business?

Second, he is now out of that gig and an "entrepreneur" -- with no mention of his new business, though I suspect it's "real estate mogul wannabe".

Finally, let's say people did get sus about his families designs for such a huge property -- does anyone know if they have moved in or started renovation or anything, or if they just bought it waiting for MM to be passed? No one would ever assume someone is a worker on a property unless they climbed out of a landscaping truck with a landscaping polo on -- its 2023 and Arlington is way to woke for that. But how did the newspaper even find these owners to get these racy quotes?? Are they going around complaining about their new neighbors to the newspapers? How did they even get interviewed for the story?

Many people around here are loaded. Not sure why you're questioning the finances of this particular couple. Who met each other in law school.

The author of the article seems to be following missing middle & other local real estate news. He has written about this property *and* local racism before so not surprising that he's following up on it.
https://www.fcnp.com/author/charlie-clark/

Sure maybe he’s wealthy, but from daycare — which famously underpay their workers.

You are sure making a lot of assumptions about this couple. Why do you assume it's the husband who is wealthy? Why do you assume it's just from daycare?

No one assumes the $ are solely from daycare profits. The main point of reviewing what can be built on the 1.17 acre lot is the fact that the ARL persons in charge had no common sense on lot size and what can be built by right zoning. From number of units to access, parking, vehicle count.

PP was definitely making assumptions about who was wealthy and why.

They are presumably both attorneys given that they met in law school. There are a billion wealthy attorneys in Arlington. Interesting that the PP is questioning how this particular couple gained their wealth.

Zoning is a different topic than the comments above.

I'm not surprised two rich attorneys marketed their palatial development as some anti-racist production. Gets them good press and ensures neighbors and the county are pre-emptively racist in case they dare to complain.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's wonderful how rich people can buy a large plot, do what they want with it, then virtue signal on social media.

This dude is my new favorite rabbit hole.

First off, $4m house from running a daycare? is that typical? i thought daycare workers were paid so little because there is so little money after running the business?

Second, he is now out of that gig and an "entrepreneur" -- with no mention of his new business, though I suspect it's "real estate mogul wannabe".

Finally, let's say people did get sus about his families designs for such a huge property -- does anyone know if they have moved in or started renovation or anything, or if they just bought it waiting for MM to be passed? No one would ever assume someone is a worker on a property unless they climbed out of a landscaping truck with a landscaping polo on -- its 2023 and Arlington is way to woke for that. But how did the newspaper even find these owners to get these racy quotes?? Are they going around complaining about their new neighbors to the newspapers? How did they even get interviewed for the story?

Many people around here are loaded. Not sure why you're questioning the finances of this particular couple. Who met each other in law school.

The author of the article seems to be following missing middle & other local real estate news. He has written about this property *and* local racism before so not surprising that he's following up on it.
https://www.fcnp.com/author/charlie-clark/

Sure maybe he’s wealthy, but from daycare — which famously underpay their workers.

You are sure making a lot of assumptions about this couple. Why do you assume it's the husband who is wealthy? Why do you assume it's just from daycare?

No one assumes the $ are solely from daycare profits. The main point of reviewing what can be built on the 1.17 acre lot is the fact that the ARL persons in charge had no common sense on lot size and what can be built by right zoning. From number of units to access, parking, vehicle count.

PP was definitely making assumptions about who was wealthy and why.

They are presumably both attorneys given that they met in law school. There are a billion wealthy attorneys in Arlington. Interesting that the PP is questioning how this particular couple gained their wealth.

Zoning is a different topic than the comments above.

I'm not surprised two rich attorneys marketed their palatial development as some anti-racist production. Gets them good press and ensures neighbors and the county are pre-emptively racist in case they dare to complain.

Neighbors can complain all they want. The couple can do many things here by right.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The deleted comments are proof that racists are alive and well in Arlington - not surprising that this couple had a bad experience.

Curious what you saw, but a Pakistani-American is hardly novel in N Arlington. If anyone had a stereotype, they would assume he was a doctor!

I guess the wife is PR, which have different stereotypes but I really am skeptical they received any racist baiting.

Now a notice of demolition, and cagey answers as to what they are building in its place — that will surely get neighbors riled up and unfriendly.

The owner is subdividing at least, and wants to deflect the anger by claiming racism.

Similarly, racist comments are hardly novel in N Arlington.

I'm not surprised at all that this couple received negative comments - before the demo was posted.

Interesting. Do you live in Donaldson Run? Because I did and I know quite a few mixed marriage couples that live there and are quite happy. I also think that MMH is very unpopular in N Arlington so I have no doubt that people were asking questions and are pleased with their neighborhood being testing ground for two lots of MMH. But hey it’s a winning strategy pull the race card to shut everybody up.

"I have friends who live in Donaldson Run and are happy. This shows that nobody ever says anything racist to anybody there."

I have biracial friends who live there too.

Having been assumed to be the nanny myself in a nearby neighborhood, I’m not at all surprised that they received racist comments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The deleted comments are proof that racists are alive and well in Arlington - not surprising that this couple had a bad experience.

Curious what you saw, but a Pakistani-American is hardly novel in N Arlington. If anyone had a stereotype, they would assume he was a doctor!

I guess the wife is PR, which have different stereotypes but I really am skeptical they received any racist baiting.

Now a notice of demolition, and cagey answers as to what they are building in its place — that will surely get neighbors riled up and unfriendly.

The owner is subdividing at least, and wants to deflect the anger by claiming racism.

Similarly, racist comments are hardly novel in N Arlington.

I'm not surprised at all that this couple received negative comments - before the demo was posted.

Interesting. Do you live in Donaldson Run? Because I did and I know quite a few mixed marriage couples that live there and are quite happy. I also think that MMH is very unpopular in N Arlington so I have no doubt that people were asking questions and are pleased with their neighborhood being testing ground for two lots of MMH. But hey it’s a winning strategy pull the race card to shut everybody up.

"I have friends who live in Donaldson Run and are happy. This shows that nobody ever says anything racist to anybody there."

The fact that they feel welcome is more proof than you have that it’s racist so… please feel free to provide proof that racist incidents are happening in North Arlington.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's wonderful how rich people can buy a large plot, do what they want with it, then virtue signal on social media.

This dude is my new favorite rabbit hole.

First off, $4m house from running a daycare? is that typical? i thought daycare workers were paid so little because there is so little money after running the business?

Second, he is now out of that gig and an "entrepreneur" -- with no mention of his new business, though I suspect it's "real estate mogul wannabe".

Finally, let's say people did get sus about his families designs for such a huge property -- does anyone know if they have moved in or started renovation or anything, or if they just bought it waiting for MM to be passed? No one would ever assume someone is a worker on a property unless they climbed out of a landscaping truck with a landscaping polo on -- its 2023 and Arlington is way to woke for that. But how did the newspaper even find these owners to get these racy quotes?? Are they going around complaining about their new neighbors to the newspapers? How did they even get interviewed for the story?

Many people around here are loaded. Not sure why you're questioning the finances of this particular couple. Who met each other in law school.

The author of the article seems to be following missing middle & other local real estate news. He has written about this property *and* local racism before so not surprising that he's following up on it.
https://www.fcnp.com/author/charlie-clark/

Sure maybe he’s wealthy, but from daycare — which famously underpay their workers.

You are sure making a lot of assumptions about this couple. Why do you assume it's the husband who is wealthy? Why do you assume it's just from daycare?

No one assumes the $ are solely from daycare profits. The main point of reviewing what can be built on the 1.17 acre lot is the fact that the ARL persons in charge had no common sense on lot size and what can be built by right zoning. From number of units to access, parking, vehicle count.

PP was definitely making assumptions about who was wealthy and why.

They are presumably both attorneys given that they met in law school. There are a billion wealthy attorneys in Arlington. Interesting that the PP is questioning how this particular couple gained their wealth.

Zoning is a different topic than the comments above.

I'm not surprised two rich attorneys marketed their palatial development as some anti-racist production. Gets them good press and ensures neighbors and the county are pre-emptively racist in case they dare to complain.

Neighbors can complain all they want. The couple can do many things here by right.

Right but if your new townhouse development is protested vehemently by the neighbors, future buyers will see that press and be hesitant to buy

Calling neighbors racist is probably dicey too, but the stink of buying one of the hated townhomes will depress the value.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The deleted comments are proof that racists are alive and well in Arlington - not surprising that this couple had a bad experience.

Curious what you saw, but a Pakistani-American is hardly novel in N Arlington. If anyone had a stereotype, they would assume he was a doctor!

I guess the wife is PR, which have different stereotypes but I really am skeptical they received any racist baiting.

Now a notice of demolition, and cagey answers as to what they are building in its place — that will surely get neighbors riled up and unfriendly.

The owner is subdividing at least, and wants to deflect the anger by claiming racism.

Similarly, racist comments are hardly novel in N Arlington.

I'm not surprised at all that this couple received negative comments - before the demo was posted.

Interesting. Do you live in Donaldson Run? Because I did and I know quite a few mixed marriage couples that live there and are quite happy. I also think that MMH is very unpopular in N Arlington so I have no doubt that people were asking questions and are pleased with their neighborhood being testing ground for two lots of MMH. But hey it’s a winning strategy pull the race card to shut everybody up.

"I have friends who live in Donaldson Run and are happy. This shows that nobody ever says anything racist to anybody there."

The fact that they feel welcome is more proof than you have that it’s racist so… please feel free to provide proof that racist incidents are happening in North Arlington.

DP.

1. Read the article.
2. Neighbors in a nearby neighborhood have assumed I’m the nanny.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's wonderful how rich people can buy a large plot, do what they want with it, then virtue signal on social media.

This dude is my new favorite rabbit hole.

First off, $4m house from running a daycare? is that typical? i thought daycare workers were paid so little because there is so little money after running the business?

Second, he is now out of that gig and an "entrepreneur" -- with no mention of his new business, though I suspect it's "real estate mogul wannabe".

Finally, let's say people did get sus about his families designs for such a huge property -- does anyone know if they have moved in or started renovation or anything, or if they just bought it waiting for MM to be passed? No one would ever assume someone is a worker on a property unless they climbed out of a landscaping truck with a landscaping polo on -- its 2023 and Arlington is way to woke for that. But how did the newspaper even find these owners to get these racy quotes?? Are they going around complaining about their new neighbors to the newspapers? How did they even get interviewed for the story?

Many people around here are loaded. Not sure why you're questioning the finances of this particular couple. Who met each other in law school.

The author of the article seems to be following missing middle & other local real estate news. He has written about this property *and* local racism before so not surprising that he's following up on it.
https://www.fcnp.com/author/charlie-clark/

Sure maybe he’s wealthy, but from daycare — which famously underpay their workers.

You are sure making a lot of assumptions about this couple. Why do you assume it's the husband who is wealthy? Why do you assume it's just from daycare?

No one assumes the $ are solely from daycare profits. The main point of reviewing what can be built on the 1.17 acre lot is the fact that the ARL persons in charge had no common sense on lot size and what can be built by right zoning. From number of units to access, parking, vehicle count.

PP was definitely making assumptions about who was wealthy and why.

They are presumably both attorneys given that they met in law school. There are a billion wealthy attorneys in Arlington. Interesting that the PP is questioning how this particular couple gained their wealth.

Zoning is a different topic than the comments above.

I'm not surprised two rich attorneys marketed their palatial development as some anti-racist production. Gets them good press and ensures neighbors and the county are pre-emptively racist in case they dare to complain.

Neighbors can complain all they want. The couple can do many things here by right.

Right but if your new townhouse development is protested vehemently by the neighbors, future buyers will see that press and be hesitant to buy

Calling neighbors racist is probably dicey too, but the stink of buying one of the hated townhomes will depress the value.

“Vehemently protesting” how exactly?

Cranky old Karens putting up lawn signs? Nothing they can do that won’t harm themselves more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's wonderful how rich people can buy a large plot, do what they want with it, then virtue signal on social media.

This dude is my new favorite rabbit hole.

First off, $4m house from running a daycare? is that typical? i thought daycare workers were paid so little because there is so little money after running the business?

Second, he is now out of that gig and an "entrepreneur" -- with no mention of his new business, though I suspect it's "real estate mogul wannabe".

Finally, let's say people did get sus about his families designs for such a huge property -- does anyone know if they have moved in or started renovation or anything, or if they just bought it waiting for MM to be passed? No one would ever assume someone is a worker on a property unless they climbed out of a landscaping truck with a landscaping polo on -- its 2023 and Arlington is way to woke for that. But how did the newspaper even find these owners to get these racy quotes?? Are they going around complaining about their new neighbors to the newspapers? How did they even get interviewed for the story?

Many people around here are loaded. Not sure why you're questioning the finances of this particular couple. Who met each other in law school.

The author of the article seems to be following missing middle & other local real estate news. He has written about this property *and* local racism before so not surprising that he's following up on it.
https://www.fcnp.com/author/charlie-clark/

Sure maybe he’s wealthy, but from daycare — which famously underpay their workers.

You are sure making a lot of assumptions about this couple. Why do you assume it's the husband who is wealthy? Why do you assume it's just from daycare?

No one assumes the $ are solely from daycare profits. The main point of reviewing what can be built on the 1.17 acre lot is the fact that the ARL persons in charge had no common sense on lot size and what can be built by right zoning. From number of units to access, parking, vehicle count.

PP was definitely making assumptions about who was wealthy and why.

They are presumably both attorneys given that they met in law school. There are a billion wealthy attorneys in Arlington. Interesting that the PP is questioning how this particular couple gained their wealth.

Zoning is a different topic than the comments above.

I'm not surprised two rich attorneys marketed their palatial development as some anti-racist production. Gets them good press and ensures neighbors and the county are pre-emptively racist in case they dare to complain.

Neighbors can complain all they want. The couple can do many things here by right.

Right but if your new townhouse development is protested vehemently by the neighbors, future buyers will see that press and be hesitant to buy

Calling neighbors racist is probably dicey too, but the stink of buying one of the hated townhomes will depress the value.

Wow. I didn’t think about that either. Yeah, not too smart to label the neighborhood full of racists if you are trying to sell there. These two are definitely amateurs what with choosing land that experienced developers won’t touch and slandering the neighbors. Not to mention, developers generally try to play nice in the neighborhoods they are developing to keep the North Arlington lawyers from bogging down their permits. I personally know one architect neighbor that torpedoed a new build project in North Arlington. A couple bought a house to rip down and build on. The neighbor went to every permitting meeting and just made the project impossible. The couple gave up and made it a rental property.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The deleted comments are proof that racists are alive and well in Arlington - not surprising that this couple had a bad experience.

Curious what you saw, but a Pakistani-American is hardly novel in N Arlington. If anyone had a stereotype, they would assume he was a doctor!

I guess the wife is PR, which have different stereotypes but I really am skeptical they received any racist baiting.

Now a notice of demolition, and cagey answers as to what they are building in its place — that will surely get neighbors riled up and unfriendly.

The owner is subdividing at least, and wants to deflect the anger by claiming racism.

Similarly, racist comments are hardly novel in N Arlington.

I'm not surprised at all that this couple received negative comments - before the demo was posted.

Interesting. Do you live in Donaldson Run? Because I did and I know quite a few mixed marriage couples that live there and are quite happy. I also think that MMH is very unpopular in N Arlington so I have no doubt that people were asking questions and are pleased with their neighborhood being testing ground for two lots of MMH. But hey it’s a winning strategy pull the race card to shut everybody up.

"I have friends who live in Donaldson Run and are happy. This shows that nobody ever says anything racist to anybody there."

The fact that they feel welcome is more proof than you have that it’s racist so… please feel free to provide proof that racist incidents are happening in North Arlington.

DP.

1. Read the article.
2. Neighbors in a nearby neighborhood have assumed I’m the nanny.

You have me convinced, North Arlington is filled with racists!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The deleted comments are proof that racists are alive and well in Arlington - not surprising that this couple had a bad experience.

Curious what you saw, but a Pakistani-American is hardly novel in N Arlington. If anyone had a stereotype, they would assume he was a doctor!

I guess the wife is PR, which have different stereotypes but I really am skeptical they received any racist baiting.

Now a notice of demolition, and cagey answers as to what they are building in its place — that will surely get neighbors riled up and unfriendly.

The owner is subdividing at least, and wants to deflect the anger by claiming racism.

Similarly, racist comments are hardly novel in N Arlington.

I'm not surprised at all that this couple received negative comments - before the demo was posted.

Interesting. Do you live in Donaldson Run? Because I did and I know quite a few mixed marriage couples that live there and are quite happy. I also think that MMH is very unpopular in N Arlington so I have no doubt that people were asking questions and are pleased with their neighborhood being testing ground for two lots of MMH. But hey it’s a winning strategy pull the race card to shut everybody up.

"I have friends who live in Donaldson Run and are happy. This shows that nobody ever says anything racist to anybody there."

The fact that they feel welcome is more proof than you have that it’s racist so… please feel free to provide proof that racist incidents are happening in North Arlington.

DP.

1. Read the article.
2. Neighbors in a nearby neighborhood have assumed I’m the nanny.

You have me convinced, North Arlington is filled with racists!

Certainly enough to make this couple feel uncomfortable.

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Anonymous wrote:It's wonderful how rich people can buy a large plot, do what they want with it, then virtue signal on social media.

This dude is my new favorite rabbit hole.

First off, $4m house from running a daycare? is that typical? i thought daycare workers were paid so little because there is so little money after running the business?

Second, he is now out of that gig and an "entrepreneur" -- with no mention of his new business, though I suspect it's "real estate mogul wannabe".

Finally, let's say people did get sus about his families designs for such a huge property -- does anyone know if they have moved in or started renovation or anything, or if they just bought it waiting for MM to be passed? No one would ever assume someone is a worker on a property unless they climbed out of a landscaping truck with a landscaping polo on -- its 2023 and Arlington is way to woke for that. But how did the newspaper even find these owners to get these racy quotes?? Are they going around complaining about their new neighbors to the newspapers? How did they even get interviewed for the story?

Many people around here are loaded. Not sure why you're questioning the finances of this particular couple. Who met each other in law school.

The author of the article seems to be following missing middle & other local real estate news. He has written about this property *and* local racism before so not surprising that he's following up on it.
https://www.fcnp.com/author/charlie-clark/

Sure maybe he’s wealthy, but from daycare — which famously underpay their workers.

You are sure making a lot of assumptions about this couple. Why do you assume it's the husband who is wealthy? Why do you assume it's just from daycare?

No one assumes the $ are solely from daycare profits. The main point of reviewing what can be built on the 1.17 acre lot is the fact that the ARL persons in charge had no common sense on lot size and what can be built by right zoning. From number of units to access, parking, vehicle count.

PP was definitely making assumptions about who was wealthy and why.

They are presumably both attorneys given that they met in law school. There are a billion wealthy attorneys in Arlington. Interesting that the PP is questioning how this particular couple gained their wealth.

Zoning is a different topic than the comments above.

I'm not surprised two rich attorneys marketed their palatial development as some anti-racist production. Gets them good press and ensures neighbors and the county are pre-emptively racist in case they dare to complain.

Neighbors can complain all they want. The couple can do many things here by right.

Right but if your new townhouse development is protested vehemently by the neighbors, future buyers will see that press and be hesitant to buy

Calling neighbors racist is probably dicey too, but the stink of buying one of the hated townhomes will depress the value.

“Vehemently protesting” how exactly?

Cranky old Karens putting up lawn signs? Nothing they can do that won’t harm themselves more.

If any part of this sort is remotely true, would you want to buy into a neighborhood where most of the people hated you?

Anyway, the owner just sounds like a fledgling developer with a good story. In practice, in super desirable areas you’d think that the neighbors would band together to outbid outside developers on properties for the sake of neighborhood integrity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's wonderful how rich people can buy a large plot, do what they want with it, then virtue signal on social media.

This dude is my new favorite rabbit hole.

First off, $4m house from running a daycare? is that typical? i thought daycare workers were paid so little because there is so little money after running the business?

Second, he is now out of that gig and an "entrepreneur" -- with no mention of his new business, though I suspect it's "real estate mogul wannabe".

Finally, let's say people did get sus about his families designs for such a huge property -- does anyone know if they have moved in or started renovation or anything, or if they just bought it waiting for MM to be passed? No one would ever assume someone is a worker on a property unless they climbed out of a landscaping truck with a landscaping polo on -- its 2023 and Arlington is way to woke for that. But how did the newspaper even find these owners to get these racy quotes?? Are they going around complaining about their new neighbors to the newspapers? How did they even get interviewed for the story?

Many people around here are loaded. Not sure why you're questioning the finances of this particular couple. Who met each other in law school.

The author of the article seems to be following missing middle & other local real estate news. He has written about this property *and* local racism before so not surprising that he's following up on it.
https://www.fcnp.com/author/charlie-clark/

Sure maybe he’s wealthy, but from daycare — which famously underpay their workers.

You are sure making a lot of assumptions about this couple. Why do you assume it's the husband who is wealthy? Why do you assume it's just from daycare?

No one assumes the $ are solely from daycare profits. The main point of reviewing what can be built on the 1.17 acre lot is the fact that the ARL persons in charge had no common sense on lot size and what can be built by right zoning. From number of units to access, parking, vehicle count.

PP was definitely making assumptions about who was wealthy and why.

They are presumably both attorneys given that they met in law school. There are a billion wealthy attorneys in Arlington. Interesting that the PP is questioning how this particular couple gained their wealth.

Zoning is a different topic than the comments above.

I'm not surprised two rich attorneys marketed their palatial development as some anti-racist production. Gets them good press and ensures neighbors and the county are pre-emptively racist in case they dare to complain.

Neighbors can complain all they want. The couple can do many things here by right.

Right but if your new townhouse development is protested vehemently by the neighbors, future buyers will see that press and be hesitant to buy

Calling neighbors racist is probably dicey too, but the stink of buying one of the hated townhomes will depress the value.

Wow. I didn’t think about that either. Yeah, not too smart to label the neighborhood full of racists if you are trying to sell there. These two are definitely amateurs what with choosing land that experienced developers won’t touch and slandering the neighbors. Not to mention, developers generally try to play nice in the neighborhoods they are developing to keep the North Arlington lawyers from bogging down their permits. I personally know one architect neighbor that torpedoed a new build project in North Arlington. A couple bought a house to rip down and build on. The neighbor went to every permitting meeting and just made the project impossible. The couple gave up and made it a rental property.

But if the couple doesn’t need any variances approved (less likely with large lots), then they can build by right. No need for BZA hearings at all.

[Anonymous]

Arlington is a weird, sad place.