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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Il’m not the previous poster, but please don’t make this into Ballston or Pike and Rose.  Why would people live in DH if it just mimics those other places and they have lower taxes and better schools.  Let’s rebuild Fh in a way that retains what’s special about the city.  And yes, I’d live to see townhomes rather than tiny condos/apartments.  We need places for families.[/quote]

What is "special about the city" in your opinion?

Families live in apartments, too.[/quote]

They do because there's not any starter home priced options.  A $3-4k+ a month 2 bedroom rental apartment is not a substitute for a $500-750k townhouse.

That's the problem with housing right now.  There's only two choices - an overpriced rental apartment with waterfall granite countertops or an overpriced detached house with white cabinets.

Rental costs are high, in part, because we've lost the mid-range price points.[/quote]

News flash: a "starter home" in DC is now a condo. It's not a rowhouse. Please come back from 2005. [/quote]

That's because there aren't many rowhouses.  The big difference is rent versus ownership.  Creating a bifurcated society is really bad over the long term.[/quote]

There are a ton of row houses, just not that many of them in this part of Ward 3.[/quote]

This resident favors townhouses on upper Wisconsin.   DC's population is not growing, so adding thousands of apartments and small condos serves no purposes other than short term profits to the developers unless everyone in DC plans to move to Ward 3.  Upper Wisc is basically a residential area with a commercial strip.  Building lots of townhouses increases density and no doubt would make the area more affordable for many.  FH easily could be built as a solid townhouse community without overly burdening the current infrastructure.[/quote]

There is a less than zero chance for townhouses in Friendship Heights where the Lord and Taylor and Bus Garage are located. These are zoned for high use, high occupancy and intensive development.

Posting your favor for townhouses there so many times is not going to make it happen.[/quote]

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