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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a fed with a teacher spouse. We bought a house in Arlington last year for around 1.2. A new build in the 2-3 million range will never be an option for us so older smaller house it is.  If MM had been further along in the process and there were more options available we definitely would have looked at townhouses / duplexes in that range.  The issue right now is location of available townhouses, and design. There are some nice looking new build townhouses in single family neighborhoods but they are in some of the  least desirable parts of South Arlington. As far as design alot of them are super narrow, no yard, don't have 3 bedrooms on the same floor, ect.  If MM could lead to more townhouse/duplex housing in desirable neighborhoods that are designed with families in mind, that could be a boon to working families.  But that housing stock isn't really out there yet![/quote]
[b]The way MM is structured developers are incentivized to squeeze the most units possible onto a lot [/b]so no MM developments are going to meet your definition of family friendly.  They'll be super narrow, may be squeezed onto different floors, have no yard, insufficient parking, have too few bedrooms, etc.

The unit/lot size/coverage ratio isn't set up for building units that would appeal to families.  Those numbers were set to maximize developer profits.[/quote]

How so? Those could be the most profitable? Or some other incentive? [/quote]More units  + more sq ft = more money.  Just like developers build every single new build to the maximum lot coverage, even if some families would actually like a real backyard or trees.  [/quote]

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