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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my neighborhood, the prices for teardown homes are approaching $1M. Basically, if you are a teacher or cop you have no shot of buying a home in Arlington unless you have some other source of wealth. While the housing cost is not the only issue, I would expect Arlington to have severe issues in recruiting and retaining both teachers and police officers for years to come. Much higher pay likely will be needed, which will mean higher taxes, although part of it maybe could be paid for with fewer vanity projects by the County Board.[/quote]

[b]if cheap housing led to better supply of teachers, we would expect to see better teachers in the Bronx than Scarsdale and that is definitely not the case.[/b] The problem occurs when a local gov't isn't willing to invest enough property tax $$$ into schools and teachers salaries. Property tax revenue has got up a lot in recent years, teachers salaries should be going up too. Missing middle won't help as much as paying teachers more, instead missing middle could lead to more overcrowding (3 families in $1M townhomes on one lot vs one $2.5M house) and make working in Arlington less attractive for teachers.

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Doesn’t the Bronx have the world famous Bronx Science High School? I’m sure those teachers are among the nation’s best public high school teachers. [/quote]

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