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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was chatting with someone who lives in Alexandria. They said their older building's systems can barely keep up in this heat wave. They also said that the neighbors in their building said the situation had gotten markedly worse when a high rise was put up across the street a few years back, its glass panels reflecting heat onto their building. I thought the density types were promising that density would have a net climate cooling effect, but it sounds like the trade off is heat island misery for the folks who actually live in the dense stretches. [b]Why do they[/b] only talk about multiplexes, but never parks and tree planting and smart heat adaptive surfaces as part of their climate cooling sell?  All they ever talk about is mitigating commuting. [/quote]

They who? The Planning Department is constantly talking about parks, environmental issues, and climate resiliency.[/quote]

[b]And do they enact any of it?[/b] Dense Moco areas are pretty hot and concretey. How will further density be done better, according to they? And how will they remediate and cool current dense areas, according to they?[/quote]

Are you asking whether Park and Planning enacts parks? Do you live in Montgomery County?

If I supported climate resilience, I would advocate for street trees, pavement removal, less space devoted to parking lots, and better options for going places using transit, biking, or walking. (In fact, I do support climate resilience, and I do advocate for those things.) I would not advocate against proposals to allow more housing in areas that already have housing.[/quote]

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