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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with this entire debate in DC and MD is that everyone focuses on building more housing in what apparently are considered desirable areas.  Maybe, the best approach is to create more desirable areas, rather that squeezing more folks in limited space.  Wards 7 and 8 residents regularly (and rightfully) complain about lack of development there.  So, lets do more development there, improving their quality of life and making their neighborhoods more desirable.  [/quote]

Have you been to Anacostia, Congress Heights, Deanwood or Hillcrest recently? Because your suggestion demonstrates a lack of knowledge of what is going on on the ground in those Ward 7 and Wad 8 neighborhoods.[/quote]

You can buy a house in Anacostia for $450,000. All the entitled white guys whining about zoning laws want to live though in Ward 3, not Anacostia, and I think we all know why. [/quote]

Lots of affordable housing in PG County too. You can buy a house a couple blocks from the D.C. border for $350,000. Of course, they turn their nose up at that. [/quote]

And how are the schools, crime, walkability? You know, things that might factor into the equation.[/quote]

You sound very young. I hate to break it to you, but you're going to have to compromise. You're not going to get everything you want. That's life, especially in a city with a f*ckton of people.

Also, since you sound so young, any new housing they create in Ward 3 will be bought or rented by parents who have more money than you do and who will do anything to get their kids into Ward 3 schools. They will easily outbid you for anything that comes on the market. [/quote]

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