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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think two things can be true.

1) The county does have a housing shortage- both affordable and just in total housing period.  We should do something about that.

2) People cant just live wherever they want, regardless of income, age, etc.  Thats just life.  "I make 40k a year, but I want to live in a brick rowhouse in georgetown".  Well sorry, you (or anyone) is not just entitled to that because you'd like it.   If you dont earn much, you may have to live farther out, or have a longer commute, or sacrifice on a few of your wants.   God knows I did. [/quote]

I don't think anybody is saying, "I should be able to live in whatever I want wherever I want."

But there's no reason why whole geographic areas should be off limits for people who aren't affluent. That's why it needs to be legal to have a mix of housing type. Maybe you can't afford to live in a free-standing house with a yard, but you can afford to live in an duplex, or in an apartment in a sixplex, or whatever.[/quote]

There was someone earlier in this thread who was pretty much saying that.

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Cite, please. I don't see anyone saying that.[/quote]

This was the post I was thinking of

"Really? In downtown Silver Spring?

Or elsewhere, where you have to add to your housing costs either the monetary cost of owning and operating a car, or the time cost of getting around the county by bus or bike (plus the opportunity cost of being unable to get to certain parts of the county reasonably, or indeed at all)?

OK so yes- if you live farther out from a city center, you then have to commute to work/things.   That's literally life.   How many things should we have to subsidize?

It's called making choices.   Live in a 600 sq foot shoebox and walk everywhere, or live farther out and drive.   [b]What is so hard about these trade offs?  [/b]

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Being unable to afford either option, yet needing a place to live.[/quote]

There are lots of places that are cheaper to live than the close-in suburbs of Washington.  Move, that’s how it works.[/quote]

Where do you think the low-wage workers whose services you rely on should live?[/quote]

Further out or with roommates!  They could buy a house and rent out a basement apartment too. Don’t have kids you can’t afford.[/quote]

You have no idea how or where people with low-wage jobs in Montgomery County live, do you.[/quote]

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