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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm trying to follow the ANC meetings and educate myself but it's hard to figure out how much of the opposition is fair and how much is overblown. If you understand these topics could you provide a fair summary? I own a house in the core area of the Small Area Plan and really hope they don't allow generic high rises along Connecticut Avenue (some additional height for apartments right on Connecticut I think could make sense and create more demand for local merchants) and turn the semi-detached homes in the neighborhood into apartments covering the entire lot. Thanks![/quote]

Let me guess. There are no semidetached homes on your street?[/quote]

OP here. Actually I live in one. What are you implying?[/quote]

I live in one too. Duplexes are density. That’s supposed to be part of the “missing middle.” It’s just in this area duplexes cost $1M. So you buy both sides of the duplex for $2M and then tear it down, spend another $1M building an apartment building, and the rent out family sized apartments for $1,500/month. [b]The economics don’t work for that.[/b] The only thing you can do is build generic high rises with a set aside for affordability units.[/quote]

Neither does the zoning, which is why it doesn't happen.[/quote]

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