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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They passed it.

Amid a chorus of boos.

This county is truly run by a tiny circle of plutocrats.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/10/25/county-council-unanimously-approves-thrive-montgomery-2050-plan/[/quote]

Unbelievable. I hope this is challenged and sued.[/quote]

I wonder if neighborhoods can start protecting themselves via legally binding HOAs, or through the creation of new historic districts where eligible...?[/quote]
The most effective way to protect yourself from Montgomery County is incorporation as a city with its own planning permission. Problem is that the process to do so requires support of the Council and then support from the Assembly. In the 80’s these things were still possible, but not any more.[/quote]

Does that mean that someplace like Rockville (with its own planning department as pointed out in another post) would be exempt from this nonsense?[/quote]
Yes. Rockville, Gaithersburg and Takoma Park are exempt from Thrive.[/quote]
Poolesville too.[/quote]

And Laytonsville. It’s mostly Silver Spring getting hosed. Developers want those modest 1940-1950 houses destroyed and the corrupt council agrees.[/quote]
Silver Spring, Chevy Chase and Bethesda. Agree that Silver Spring has the most potential because it has a lot of neighborhoods with depreciated small, depreciated housing stock on large lots. However I disagree that they will tear them down. I think you will see a lot of fly-by-night contractors doing multi-family additions to existing structures for rentals. You see this a lot in university towns; houses with multiple additions sub-divided into many apartments.[/quote]

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