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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, if current SFH owners were only to vote based on impact to their own quality of life, most density changes would not happen.  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]

For the last 30 years, it has been clear that our elected officials care nothing for the quality of life for existing residents.   It is always about trying out the latest fad from their urban planning major or engaging in a Ponzi scheme of attracting new residents, who then need new infrastructure.  Honestly, why do we need to attract more "affordable" housing to MCPS?  Basically, it means we then continue to attract even more high cost residents who never pay their way in taxes.  We have enough people in that category.  And if we continue to cater to them, all of the housing in the Country will become more "affordable" because other people will move out.  The death spiral is painful.[/quote]

What's clear is that the majority of existing residents (including me) want something different from what you want. [/quote]

DP.  The leaders the majority elect may, on a majority of issues (or at least those deemed most important), align with the desires of the majority of the electorate, but, at the same time, act against other interests of that electorate, whether because of their own personal aims or by being beholden to minority interests on those issues.  The spurned electorate might attempt to dissuade those elected from this, of course, including efforts to publicize the unpopular acts.

Unpacking can be a mess, especially on an anonymous forum.  Politics is a messy business.  We can, at least, try to keep ourselves informed, hopefully from multiple sources.[/quote]

Being informed is great, for everyone. But in election after election after election, Montgomery County voters elect people who, to a greater or lesser degree, favor policies for increasing housing and public transportation. So, are the anonymous posters on DCUM correct when they claim that the majority of Montgomery County residents oppose policies for increasing housing and public transportation? Seems unlikely.[/quote]

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