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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Ag Preserve is here to stay. Modifying it is a non-starter. The East Coast has been razed for sprawl and dumb/no urban planning. The Virginia side is sprawl with winding suburban roads as far as Google maps can see. Here Montgomery County did something smart:set aside a green lung of low(er) intensity land-use, and focus on smart development on the already urbanized areas. This is akin to Colorado protecting its mountains from development.

Much higher order of priority is upzoning close-in suburbs like Bethesda that are less than an hour to downtown DC. No need to create a “drive till you qualify” real estate Ponzi scheme situation with the poorer workers driving 2+ hours to work[/quote]

Sure, [b]upzoning is way more convenient because it doesn’t involve any planning or foresight at all. [/b] Just throw things at the wall and see what sticks no matter the mess it makes in the process.[/quote]

Yes, that's how the free market works.[/quote]

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