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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the answer is people of your generation need to vote in droves in your local elections and show up at city council meetings and public comment meetings to advocate for large increases in housing stock in your communities.  The price explosion of housing near cities is almost entirely driven by the lack of supply.  And every time developers propose projects to increase the numbers of units, homeowners show up to oppose them in order to protect their home values.  You can't have a say in your community if you don't show up to voice it.[/quote]

Good point, though part of the problem is that the people who want the density often don't live in the jurisdictions.  I live near the proposed Westbard development in Bethesda, and the NIMBYs opposing it all are SFH owners in the neighborhood who don't want further development because of all the usual ostensible reasons - schools, traffic, environmental, overcrowding.  (Unsaid, of course, is that brown or, even worse, moderate income people might move in.  the horror!)  The people who would benefit form the additional housing often don't even know about it.  [/quote]

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