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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does the mayor honestly believe that these folks are coming back? They left to go start families in the suburbs and mid-sized metros. Building 15k micro apartments downtown is not going to convince these people to return. Three bedroom apartments on Capitol Hill might, but they just spent the last decade building nothing but studios and 1-BDs. Just goes to show the risks of designing your economic strategy around a demographic cohort. When the trends turn against you, your economy is in serious trouble.

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It’s hard not to see DC in real trouble looking at these numbers. Unless DC can create thousands more 3-4 bedroom houses with yards, it’s not clear how the city meets this population goal. Throw in fear of crime, schools, fiscal issues and downtown revitalization on top of everything else and it’s difficult to feel positive about the near term unless big changes are made.

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Compared to other cities [b]DC has plenty of housing with yards,[/b] and if you desire anything more than a rowhouse or a detached house on a small lot (common in residential parts of DC) then maybe city life isn't really what you are looking for? [/quote]

Greater Greater Washington developers have their targets set on these.  Goodbye green walkable neighborhoods. Will be like all the other cement cities.[/quote]

What do you mean by this?  Are you thinking of specific neighborhoods?  I live in AU Park and it doesn’t feel like that’s going to happen.  The too-big developer new builds in the neighborhood get mercilessly mocked on here and seem to take a long time to sell.  [/quote]
But they sold. AU Park will be up zoned for “missing middle” right after they are done with all MFH properties facing Wisconsin. You should get ready for that.[/quote]

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