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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You get what you vote for.  We liked Moco but it was obvious that politically the future isn’t bright. Between the illegal immigrants and proposed changes to schools, zoning and housing policies, it seemed too risky.  Also how Covid was handled and a state government that doesn’t support or encourage job creation. [/quote]
I have to agree with you. Montgomery County has been on a bad trajectory for a while now. Now that the schools are also bad, the county doesn’t have a strong differentiator. If you like high taxes, dense housing, crime and bad schools why not just live in DC?[/quote]

I'm not sure if you actually believe that or if you're pushing a narrative in bad faith, but "dense housing, crime, and bad schools" does not apply to the wealthier parts of Montgomery County.[/quote]

Haha YIMBYs are ridiculously naive. It absolutely does apply to wealthy parts of MOCO. The #1 predictive variable for crime rates and school outcome is household income level. If you bring in density and invite lower income housing the schools will tank, crime rates will increase. It is unavoidable. [/quote]

PP here. Person I'm responding to is talking about now, not in the hypothetical future. And nothing in my post indicates I am a YIMBY. Your reading comprehension is really bad. I am totally unaffected by this plan.[/quote]

I understand very clearly that this round of upcoming "doesn't impact you". However, 2nd or 3rd round or upzoning almost certainly will. It does not stop here and this is only the beginning. You may not identify as a YIMBY, but the nonchalant attitude is similar to one and the results will be them same. If you let them win now it is game over and your neighborhood is next. The YIMBYs will start arguing that this policy does go far enough and we need to do more almost immediately after this one goes through. Give the YIMBYs an inch and they will take ten miles. [/quote]

"First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a socialist..."[/quote]

First they came for the Metro-adjacent SFHs, and I did not speak out, because I live in a neighborhood with protective covenants. Then my house value went up.[/quote]

Which neighborhoods in close-in Silver Spring, which will be ground zero for the proposed changes given the relatively lower cost of property acquisition by developers, have protective covenants?  Your characterization is a straw man.[/quote]

Did you read the quoted posts before replying? This comment thread is discussing MoCo as a whole, not close-in Silver Spring. [/quote]

Yes, I read the posts.  Did you?  I said those neighborhoods would be ground zero.  Totally relevant.

I posted the "First they came for the socialists..."  Someone responded with a straw-man send-up based on covenants.  To my understanding, there aren't covenants that would protect the ground-zero area that likely would first be affected.[/quote]

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