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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]its all a grift to YIMBY's and for the state/county to get more property tax revenue.

if I go into bethesda/potomac and knock down a 1.5 to 2M home and put 4 -$900K townhomes, they get taxes off 3.6M instead of 2M.

and even though this happens, property taxes wont even go down or flatten out.

its all robbery[/quote]

That creates more housing at lower cost, which most people would say is a good thing.[/quote]

Everyone who understands reality does not say it is a good thing when it’s their neighbor. Who wants more neighbors who are poorer than the last ones, in much uglier housing ? No one.

The reality that is uncomfortable for people to confront is that deep down most people desire exclusivity, safety, and aesthetics. “Density” brings the opposite. If you turn every SFH neighborhood into an ugly dense hellhole, a significant number of the UMC households will flee, and the area becomes undesirable and no high earners want to live there.

This is not a left or right position, it is an understanding reality position.

https://open.substack.com/pub/deepleft/p/its-not-a-housing-shortage-and-yimbys?r=3eqsy3&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

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