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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, zoning laws make a difference.  Allowing developers to build up would allow them to fit more living units in the same footprint - so of course they can be less expensive.  Allowing basement apartments or allowing families to build an accessory dwelling unit (aka small apartment) in their backyard would allow them to offset the high cost of their house, making it more affordable.

But the people who think that they have a god-given right to prevent any change whatsoever in their community would have a fit about any zoning change that allows these things to happen.[/quote]
Well, zoning is also about density. If you allow to build up/accessory units/whatever - appropriate changes should be made to infrastructure - schools, roads, etc. 
It's not that simple. Traffic in Bethesda is already a nightmare, schools are overcrowded. [/quote]

The county does need to do better on school capacity.

But on roads the entire point of building the Purple Line is to make Bethesda a walking and transit focused community.  DC has more density and less roadway capacity and it works just fine transportation wise.  With the Purple Line Bethesda will have transit capacity equal to anything found in any residential part of DC (and will still have way more roadway and parking capacity) so if the county is smart they won't be investing in more roads or parking.[/quote]

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