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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no housing shortage in Maryland.

There is a road shortage in Maryland, caused by .gov having allowed many thousands of new homes and (frequently vacant) commercial properties to be built, without adding a millimeter of new road.

This eyewash is a dodge to destroy the character of existing neighborhoods, take over what remains of anything resembling a conservative area in Maryland, and generate more tax revenue to fund the endless fraud, waste and abuse in the State. [/quote]

I do think that many of the missing middle measures are nothing but punitive nonsense designed to rid everyone of the idea that some places are just not affordable for everyone, OR they are part of some strange “place making” craziness that no one in the current neighborhoods actually want (because they would have moved elsewhere if that were the case).

However, this seems like it only involves public or non-profit land within a certain distance of rail. N[b]ot sure if the Purple Line would count…if so, it’s something to consider, I guess.  
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It’s actually probably less than what the MoCo will try to do in the future.  They are setting it all up with the relaxing of parking requirements and the conceptualizing of these “town centers” designated within 1/4 of “mass transit,” which they are defining as the the new bus stations as part of the BRT.

In the end, be less afraid of the state level work and more wary of what happens locally.  The state will do the minimum.[/quote]

Of course it would.  This is why the Washington-area development community jokingly referred to the very expensive Purple Line as the new "green line."  Green, as creating very profitable opportunities for investors and developers anywhere near the line.[/quote]

How nefarious of for-profit housing builders to plan to make a profit by building housing near transit. [/quote]

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