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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody is going to eradicate your house, while you own it.

Also, I don't think you should generalize about the reasons why homeowners of detached houses in the University Boulevard corridor bought there. Maybe YOU bought there because you want a suburban neighborhood, but that doesn't mean everyone did. In addition, small multi-unit buildings exist in suburbs and are fully compatible with suburbs.[/quote]

Then why on earth would they have purchased a house there and not, you know, somewhere representative of where they wanted to live?  They really aren’t very good at making decisions, are they?

It seems that YOU and the county are the ones very much generalizing about what people want.  YOU and the county are suggesting changes to an existing system, so it’s up for YOU and the county to provide an argument as to why this is needed and what metrics will be applied to define success.

You are right, though, the county should perform a valid poll to gather feedback. Perhaps the ultimate poll, a vote on the issue.[/quote]

When I bought I fully expected and understood that growth happens. I grew up here in the 80’s so I guess I had the experience to educate me about the real world. I bought a SFH home here and I welcome the increased density. I would rather keep our parks and forests and have development be focused on existing areas. I hate sprawl. I support the MoCo council and increased density.[/quote]

Again, you are making it out to be some binary choice, and that’s completely false.  The way that the county is going about this is, quite literally, the worst way they could have done it.  You are allowed to support whatever you want, but you’ll find that you are in the deep minority, and it’s the silliest way to accomplish the goals that you state.  It’s the least efficient and most controversial, which really can only mean that it’s not about housing at all, it’s an idealogical argument about exclusive zoning.

This is the real way:

https://www.multifamilyexecutive.com/design-development/mfe-awards/maryland-development-stands-as-model-for-public-private-partnerships_o

The land is there, idle commercial properties are there, outdated moderately dense commercial is there.  Those are are master PLANNED communities, and as such, they PLAN for things like transportation and school capacity and affordability, unlike this bizarre libertarian fantasy dreamed up by the planning department.[/quote]

I think you're the one saying there's only one way to do it.

What the county is saying, in contrast, is that there are many ways to do it.[/quote]

What I am saying is, upzoning is a dumb way to accomplish the goals, and that they should not waste time and taxpayer money on tasks that do not accomplish their goals, unless the goals are not what has been stated.  If that’s the case, then they should be more transparent.[/quote]

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