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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess the questions for residents and voters are somewhat basic -

Will your quality of life improve with this additional development?

Will your kids’ quality of life improve with this additional development?

Some people obviously think that the County will get better with more development and some people do not.  You can choose what you think is best and vote accordingly.  [/quote]

Thanks for the rational response.

One thing though, [b]if current SFH owners were only to vote based on impact to their own quality of life, most density changes would not happen. [/b] That may be OK, but the premise that you vote only for policy that is best for you personally certainly leads to different outcomes than what a voter thinks is best for the whole...[/quote]

Really? You don’t think that East Bethesda has benefited from the restaurants in Bethesda? Those wouldn’t be there without the office and residential that’s been built in the last 25 years. Same with Woodside and East Silver Spring. We bought where we did with the expectation that there would be more dense development nearby. [/quote]

I did the same thing you did in another area of MoCo.

But yes, I do think that if people *overall* voted only in their own best interest, we would have very different outcomes in a lot of policy areas.  I am very glad that there are voters who do not primarily vote based on impact to their immediate life.[/quote]

This is where YIMBYism misses chances to connect with people. The growth actually is residents’ interest because there is something in it for them. Instead growth gets framed as a punishment.[/quote]

YIMBYism wouldn't have nearly this problem if it was Yes-to-Responsible-Policy-that-Takes-into-Account-Total-Impact-and-Doesn't-Ignore-Interests-of-Those-Living-in-My-Back-Yard, but YRPTATIDIITLMBY is too much of a mouthful to be catchy.[/quote]

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