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Ill do you one better: How about we knock down not only SFHs but also all one-, two- and three-bedroom condos. Replace them all with studios. No one in the District gets more than 450 square feet. Housing would be way cheaper then. [/quote]

[b]Few if anyone is suggesting that all SFHs be knocked down.[/b] Just that people who own them be ALLOWED to redevelop them with more density.  Why do people like you keep changing "We should allow X" into "We must mandate X for everyone"?   Straw man?[/quote]

You obviously have never been to the GGW comments section, because there are a whole lot of people there who want to see this happen.

Except for David Alpert's single-family home, which sits two blocks from the Metro. A terrible use for that land. He gets to keep his SFH because reasons.[/quote]

1. Ive been to the comments section. There are people there with extreme views. There are at least as many people there who, like you, oppose zoning reform.  GGWash lets people comment who they do not agree with.

2. I am sure DA would be happy to have zoning that allowed him to build an ADU. Or even to sell his house to a develooper for an apt building.  But in any case its not relevant.  Its an ad hominem. 
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