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[quote=Anonymous]10:11, you started out nicely and then got nasty.

Reality is, even if urban living was for everyone, simple population density means that not everyone can live in an urban area.  Suburbs are a reality, unless we want to be in an environment like Karachi or Delhi.  Why mock those who choose it, when there really isn't room for everyone to move into the District tomorrow even if they wanted to and could afford it?

And, even for those like me who don't want a McMansion, urban living doesn't make sense.  My work is in the burbs and not accessible by mass transit, I don't have the income to send my child to private school so I need the better schools that the burbs provide.  At least in this area, urban living as defined by DC proper doesn't make sense for us.  My house and yard probably are smaller than most in Upper NW, so I'm certainly not living the much maligned 5,000sqft McMansion lifestyle.

That being said, I do hate schlepping everywhere in my car, and would be more pedestrian if the realities of my job allowed it.  Pockets of mini-urbanity like the Mosaic District, Reston Town Center, Clarendon or even Shirlington or Pentagon Row that allow for retail shopping, dining, grocery shopping, etc... in a consolidated space are a good thing.

Nope, wouldn't really see the need to head from Capitol Hill or Dupont Circle out to Clarendon or the Mosaic District.  But if I can get the same quality of life things there or in another city-center type space, then it minimizes the need for me to jump in my car and add to the traffic and pollution by heading to Capitol Hill or Dupont Circle.  [/quote]

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