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What's so sacrosanct about living in DC?  Not everyone can afford to live in Georgetown or on U Street, for example.  We live in a metropolitan region, with cheaper price points in several nearby jurisdictions.  For example, there are good values in Prince George's including inside the Beltway.  [/quote]

There is tons of affordable housing just over the border in PG county. But that doesnt count, because that's not where the density bros want to live. They want the government to shoehorn them into "cool" neighborhoods. [/quote]

So we shouldn't build more housing in DC, because if we did, then people would just move into it from the distant extremities, because who wants to live in the distant extremities? Also, we shouldn't build more housing in DC, because there is already plenty of housing available in the distant extremities, where people don't want to live. Also, if we do build more housing in DC, it should only be for people who would otherwise have to live in the distant extremities. Also, why should people who live in the distant extremities get to live in DC?

There's only one coherent point here, and it's: opposition to building more housing in DC.[/quote]

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