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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Detached single family homes inside the beltway accommodate a smaller share of the population than they did 30 years ago, and household incomes have gone up. That means prices have gone way up.

If those SF homes are replaced with multifamily housing, single family homes inside the beltway will accommodate an even smaller share of the population. Prices will keep going up.

The YIMBYs have grown fond of positing SF home listings and screaming about the prices, but there’s nothing their proposals will do to reverse the trend. Prices for SF detached would go up even faster if YIMBY policies actually worked. It’s just the usual YIMBY distortion.

The only thing that will stop this trend is a big recession, very high interest rates, or a massive and sustained population decline.

I’d rather live in one of those tiny post-war brick houses than a stacked duplex or townhouse made out of manufactured wood. No way am I paying $800k to share walls or a floor with someone else. [/quote]

See I want to be on your side, but I can't.  I bet you have one of those love your neighbor signs in their yard and something about no hate.

People like you in Arlington are all up in arms right now because they ignored the Missing Middle study and now it's about to sail through the Board.  :lol:

People posting on NextDoor are like "Guess I won't be voting for these people next time around..." LOLOLOLOL Right you will just be voting for someone else exactly like them?

This is what people in Arlington wanted. This is what people in Arlington love. The policy is a very liberal minded, equity and inclusion policy that by the rantings and ravings of people especially in North Arlington love, and shout about and embrace.

I mean if you are in Arlington and can't embrace this opportunity to bring about better equity and right wrongs for generations ago, are you sure you are really truly as liberal as you say? Or could you possibly be * gasp * going to the dark side as they say ?  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

I’m so sad you can’t be on my side.

I don’t have a yard, so I have no signs.

People can pursue whatever kind of housing they want.

Developers should be allowed to build whatever the market wants, but the market overwhelmingly prefers SF detached (not exclusively, but overwhelmingly). Anything short of that is settling.

I know what I want, and it doesn’t involve sharing walls.

Typical YIMBY trying to impose your preferences on other people. It’s a shame you exploit equity and righting historic wrongs just to help developers make money. [/quote]

While there are not a lot of available SFHs in Arlington, there are plenty all over the DMV. If I really wanted, I would buy one of them. 
Sucker. You wanted all the liberalism. You got it! 😂😂😂😂 Maybe next time think a little harder about why am all Democrat everything is t such a great idea….

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