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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I drive through Bethesda a lot and any smaller cute original home that gives neighborhood charm is being torn down. Then these massiive plywood boxes go up that lack any style, are cheaply made, take up most of lot and casts shadows on neighbors. Big houses usually have more occupants but given size of house on plot they have less parking.

The traffic gets worse and worse with each new McMansion and the construction is a nightmare for neighbors.

Why does Bethesda allow it? Can't they put brakes on it or at least tax these new homes at a higher rate? My old town outside Maryland had lots of cute original homes with tons of character. A tear down on my old neighborhood never happen and homes were all 1940s and 1950s homes. We tax on build quality and square footage. New construction pays 100 percent higher tax rate per square foot and new construction is usually bigger.

Knock down a 1500 sf house with 6k taxes and build a 3,000 sf new home taxes are 24,000. Or make the whole thing historical. They have to stop the madness. It also kills young families. No more small older starter homes to buy. No more downsizing homes to buy. Just large overpriced boxes.

Do you think something like this is possible? [/quote]

How are they cheaply made? Shot shacks were built as tract homes for the Poor's. How does traffic increase? Density of the same. 3000sf is small for a new build. Those old homes are crap[/quote]

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