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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem isn't that they want to build housing, the problem is that there is not any follow on plan. How to manage the resulting problems with traffic, over crowded schools, parking, etc.

It's "yes" to development but no planning for anything more than the developer's projects.[/quote]

One weird trick to stop stressing out about traffic and parking.... stop driving your damn car everywhere!

Personal vehicles shouldn’t even be allowed in the city limits at all. That will never happen, but I give zero f***s about making life easier for MD car commuters by limiting development so they can have low traffic and easy parking.[/quote]

You need to get outside your neighborhood. DC is a leafy city with many places that don't have reliable public transportation or a grocery store nearby. My commute is more expensive and more than double the time when I take public transport.

-DC resident.[/quote]

This is not true. Almost the entirety of DC is within walking distance of a one-seat bus ride that takes you downtown.  Where I live in Ward 3 I am walking distance to 4 bus routes that go different parts of downtown.

Now you may think riding the bus is beneath you or ignorant about where it goes but it is in fact an option for most DC residents.

As for grocery stores most DC neighborhoods in fact have multiple grocery stores within walking distance - there is something of a food desert in Wards 7 & 8 and also one in Palisades since the knuckleheads there fought a new Safeway but this is also sort of a stupid point as grocery delivery is now possible in all of DC.[/quote]

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