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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The density gang would like to see open space turned into luxury apartments.[/quote]

Why are you this confused?

Density advocates want more density in urban areas so that housing doesn’t eat up every last green space that's left. Anti-sprawl. You literally have things completely backwards![/quote]

Density advocates love to talk about “induced demand” in the context of building roads.  But they never mention the induced demand caused by building more housing. [/quote]

People have to live somewhere and get to work somehow. The idea density advocates have is that it's better for more people to live closer to job centers and use available public transit than live in new builds that used to be farm fields in Manassas and Frederick and drive. The difference between induced demand for roads and housing is that there is a better alternative to driving in individual cars that we want to encourage and build infrastructure for. I don't think the housing alternative of exurban new builds is better. [/quote]

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