South Fairlington Residents on Record Saying it's Too Dangerous to Walk to Abingdon

[Anonymous]

Even if there is not AH in Fairlington there is affordable housing at Abingdon (Columbia Hills)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if there is not AH in Fairlington there is affordable housing at Abingdon (Columbia Hills)

Until #FairlingtonUnited complains about overcrowding in 2020 and uses their matching T-shirts to get Columbia Hills rezoned elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Even if there is not AH in Fairlington there is affordable housing at Abingdon (Columbia Hills)

Until #FairlingtonUnited complains about overcrowding in 2020 and uses their matching T-shirts to get Columbia Hills rezoned elsewhere.

Who said Fairlington/Abingdon wanted Columbia Hills rezoned elsewhere? Abingdon's boundaries are involved in the 2020 boundary process and I think many in the Columbia Forest neighborhood in general realize they are likely going to get rezoned as they are pretty far from Abingdon to begin with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even if there is not AH in Fairlington there is affordable housing at Abingdon (Columbia Hills)

Until #FairlingtonUnited complains about overcrowding in 2020 and uses their matching T-shirts to get Columbia Hills rezoned elsewhere.

Who said Fairlington/Abingdon wanted Columbia Hills rezoned elsewhere? Abingdon's boundaries are involved in the 2020 boundary process and I think many in the Columbia Forest neighborhood in general realize they are likely going to get rezoned as they are pretty far from Abingdon to begin with.

They didn't seem put up a fuss about it being put in the gerrymandered Drew boundary in the first proposal. Makes it seem that the larger Abingdon community doesn't really care about those planning units and would prefer that it be a school just for Fairlington.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is the only answer to affordable housing in Arlington massive apt buildings? Do they not sprinkle affordable housing apartments in market rate buildings OR give out rental vouchers? (like section 8)

To answer your questions:

Yes, so they say.
No, not in meaningful numbers. It's easier/more efficient to just build a giant building or two.
Yes. Some of the only "landlords" in Arlington who will take section 8 vouchers are the CAFs.

It's complicated. But we could be doing a better job. Quality over quantity. We can't save the world in one zip code.

Yeah, I agree with quality over quantity. But it also seems that there are decades worth of research showing why giant affordable housing buildings are bad for everyone. I mean Caprini Green anyone? Although I guess that is public housing, which is different. Still...

I am the PP who first mentioned AH. Let's clarify a few things.

1. There are NO commited AH buildings in Arlington that resemble Cabrini Green. None. Cabrini at its peak had over 3500 units, and was, I think, 15 stories tall. Nothing like it in Arlington, and constantly mentioning it is a scare tactic

2. There ways to create Committed AH at smaller scales than the 6 story buildings being done on Columbia Pike. In Fairlington, which is an historic district, I would not envision ANY new construction, but rather buying a scattering of units and converting them to committed AH.

3. I am sure some AC folks don't want any committed AH. Some Fairlington residents support committed AH, but don't want any in Fairlington. But the fact is, if there IS going to be SES diversity at Abingdon, AND Abingdon is to be a walkable neighborhood ES for all Fairlington, the way to get that is to have AH IN Fairlington. That's just math.

It's the Arlington Cabrini Green. We're not Chicago FFS. It's about scale. Those two building and the phases 2-4 that are planned are OUT OF SCALE and insanity for Arlington, and for the Pike in particular. They would be an unmitigated disaster for the surrounding neighborhood. There is no "loss" of affordable housing. It's getting more expensive. You want that to stop? Rent control. No more CAFs on the Pike.

[Anonymous]

I can not believe posters are on here talking about adding AH ago Fairlington.
Honestly you people deserve the shitty the schools.

[Anonymous]

Yes some people in Fairlington have been awful and showed their true colors. I don’t want my child going to school with their kids if this is what they are teaching at home. They need to understand this is about all of South Arlington and everyone needs to be aware of what the concentration of AH in S Arlington has done. We all need to say to our elected leaders no more! It needs to be spread out. Plenty of places in Ballston, along N Glebe, Lee Highway. Most people have cats and drive putting it in Yorktown, Jamestown, Nottingham, Williamsburg will not be a failure. People will glamour to get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes some people in Fairlington have been awful and showed their true colors. I don’t want my child going to school with their kids if this is what they are teaching at home. They need to understand this is about all of South Arlington and everyone needs to be aware of what the concentration of AH in S Arlington has done. We all need to say to our elected leaders no more! It needs to be spread out. Plenty of places in Ballston, along N Glebe, Lee Highway. Most people have cats and drive putting it in Yorktown, Jamestown, Nottingham, Williamsburg will not be a failure. People will glamour to get in.

Wut?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes some people in Fairlington have been awful and showed their true colors. I don’t want my child going to school with their kids if this is what they are teaching at home. They need to understand this is about all of South Arlington and everyone needs to be aware of what the concentration of AH in S Arlington has done. We all need to say to our elected leaders no more! It needs to be spread out. Plenty of places in Ballston, along N Glebe, Lee Highway. Most people have cats and drive putting it in Yorktown, Jamestown, Nottingham, Williamsburg will not be a failure. People will glamour to get in.

Wut?

My guess is cars and clamor. Although I like the idea of glamoring to get in, like they are night clubs.

[Anonymous]

For the love of g_d, why didn't APS design its redistricting process in a way that would not exacerbate Arlington's north/south divide? And they had years to plan for the rebirth of Drew as a neighborhood school and they've completely bungled it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the love of g_d, why didn't APS design its redistricting process in a way that would not exacerbate Arlington's north/south divide? And they had years to plan for the rebirth of Drew as a neighborhood school and they've completely bungled it.

Why do you think? It's intentional.

[Anonymous]

Poor families are a south Arlington problem. If you don’t like it you should move.

[Anonymous]

Fairlington families need to get over themselves.