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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lyon Village is the worst.  It was built as a "village" of modest homes and dense streets.  The McMansions have completely destroyed the scale there.         [/quote]

I agree.  I bought a house in LV in 2008 and I am so pissed at what is being done to our neighborhood and how the h*ll the homeowner's association isn't doing something!

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Lyon Village doesn't have a homeowner's association. There's a civic association, but that has no regulatory authority. If you had put your outrage on the back burner and taken a moment to see what could be done rather than indulge in self-righteous tantrums, you'd know that Arlington County establishes the rules for what can be built. A lot of what goes up is built by right. People seeking exceptions need to go through a process that, at its most visible, results in those yellow signs going up on telephone poles and lampposts.

FTR, I hate Mickey Simpson and his misproportioned, boilerplate houses, but it's not the LCVA's fault. [/quote]

No insults to the association, but why shouldn't they be leading up a committee to address this?  We've been approached by neighbors seeking permits, but they are for the minor additions out the back, etc.  They are not for the houses being completely mowed down and replaced by something 4 times the original size---with mixed media--siding, brick and faux stone.  Arlington County should not be advocating/allowing the complete demolition of historic properties or the scale of homes they are allowing on these teeny, tiny lots.  It looks ridiculous and it will be destroying everyone's property values in the future.[/quote]

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