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Where else do you think that the county's population growth should go, and how else do you think that the county's population should get around?[/quote]

They should cluster 50 story apartment/condo complexes with no parking within a 1 block perimeter of each metro station.  Any area that is not within a few blocks of a metro station should be zero or low density - about 70% SFHs, 20% TH and 5% condos.  If the county wants to build more houses, build the metro stations first - see Tysons for a model of what makes sense.[/quote]

50-story buildings? When people basically go to war about 20-story buildings right next to the Bethesda Metro station?

And if the county can't afford bus rapid transit -- the whole point of which is that it's cheap compared to the alternatives -- how on earth is the county going to pay for more Metro?[/quote]

The idea that BRT can even come close to handling the excess capacity created by all the dense development going up in White Oak, Crown Farm, Belward Farm, Clarksburg, Germantown, Wheaton, and all the miscellaneous apartment complexes that are springing up virtually unnoticed in the far reaches of the county is a complete joke.  If the county can't figure out a way to get voters to sign off on higher density development near metro stations (not just Bethesda) or on funding for more metro construction, they should stick to low density zoning and construction approvals.

A lot of irreversible damage has already been done. Trying to re-create NYC in the DC burbs is a sick farce that is doomed to fail. 
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