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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Their project is WAY too dense and the usage too intense to be crammed up against single family homes. Period. Full stop. Anyone with any grasp of good zoning practices and that is not completely beholden to developers whose families are safely ensconced in Potomac or taken in by[b] the mystical mantra of "smart growth"[/b] would recognize that there need to be  "buffer" zones when moving from heavy duty commercial to single  family homes. If the city starts losing the families and tax base of AU Park to the suburbs, we will be right back to the 80s and 90s when people felt sorry for you if you lived in the District.  The city should be very wary of throwing its lot in with the transiency of apartment buildings at the cost of losing the single family home tax base.[/quote]

Developers have twisted the concept of "smart growth" to rationalize thoughtless high-density, high-end retail franchise development in NW and close-in MoCo.  "Smart growth" originally referred to walkable neighborhoods with commercial development that served residents' needs.  Instead, in MoCo, we have "Bethesda-ization," facilitated by the County Council and Planning Board giving developers carte blanche to cloak their greed in their pseudo-environmental claims in behalf of "smart growth."  It's great to see that Tenley and AU Park neighbors standing up to that in DC.   [/quote]

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