Scrapping the DC Height Limit

[Anonymous]

No.

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The idea that there is a lack of affordable housing in DC is such a scam. There are literally hundreds options within city limits under $400K.

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Anonymous wrote:As long as Chairman Mendelson is on the Council, the Height Act will not be gutted and DC residents will continue to enjoy light and open vistas. We have a uniquely beautiful city. Let’s keep it that way.

Phil is awesome. Sometimes he seems like the real adult on the Council.

The ONLY adult on the Council.

[Anonymous]

Before scrapping the height limit, why not tearing down RFK and building 10,000 new housing units there?

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Anonymous wrote:Tall buildings are not very climate friendly.

A bald faced lie. Rule of thumb for you: the higher the density, the more climate friendly it is. Lower zoning densities = less climate friendly.

Hope that helps. I hope you don't vote.

You clearly are not an expert. This is false on a number of different levels, however it is becoming urban legend with urbanist types which is making for bad policy outcomes.

You only think transportation emissions matter, but that is only about 25% of GHGs. You don’t consider embedded emissions, building emissions and consumption based emissions.

Taller buildings have higher embedded emissions because they must include stronger materials such as steel and cement that emit significant quantities of GHGs. Taller buildings, particularly ones with lots of glass, are inefficient and have higher energy losses than shorter building. Lastly, people that live in more dense areas are generally more affluent, which means that they consume more stuff which leads to more emissions and crucially, while they may drive less on average, they fly more. One round trip flight for you and your partner to take the vacation of your lives in Thailand has almost the same GHG emissions as the average car in the USA. The reality is that a large suburban family in a SFH that drives everywhere, including for their vacations, will have significantly lower GHG emissions than the typical UMC Manhattanite.

It’s a cynical argument made by Smart Growth lobbyists. Mr. Ward and his CP Smart Growth and Ward 3 Vision “groups” peddle the climate narrative all the time. When you consider that he did national polling for Trump, the climate change denier-in-chief, the B.S. is pretty clear.