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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Control Board is not going to allow this project.  Let’s talk again in 2028.  [/quote]

If the GOP sweeps the US elections, forget any notion that the next iteration will be the Clinton era control board.  Think of it more like a victorious power’s Kontrollkommission.  The idiots in the Wilson Building should take note.[/quote]

Maybe everyone here should take a long hard look at the Project 2025 in the housing and transportation sections and then reconsider their democratic party membership.

Single family only zoning? Check
Bike lanes? F them, Check
EV's? Screw that, gas guzzler only
Public transport? Haha - the rule of the ICE automobile is back.
Housing vouchers?  You gotta be kidding me!

All you "got mine" jerks that came to upper NW in the 70's and 80's and want to see it remain that way forever have completely done a 180 over the bra burning movements from your youthful years.[/quote]

Awkward question. What’s wrong with single family zoning?  Whats wrong with family friendly neighborhoods?[/quote]

The main argument against R1 zoning, is that single family homes are the only things permitted. Row homes, corner stores, accessory dwellings, etc... are all prohibited. It leads to a pretty spread-out area that essentially mandates heavy car usage and parking. This has downstream impacts like "Connecticut Avenue needs parking 24/7" and "Let's use Rock Creek Park as a commuter route" that are less than ideal for a well-functioning city. [/quote]

This is an anachronistic argument.  Post Covid we need more downtown residential density, not uptown.  [/quote]

That doesn’t track at all. There are many UMC families that cannot afford to buy a SFH in NW DC but would love to stay in DC (including traveling downtown for work, entertainment and work). If I could buy a 2-3 bedroom duplex or triplex or ADU in NW DC I would absolutely do it. And developments like McLean Gardens show how some density can fit very nicely with open space.

What seems anachronistic now is the idea that all economic development needs to be concentrated in one downtown. [/quote]

It’s a big city.  Why do you HAVE to be in NW?[/quote]

Because the GGWash crowd -- 99 percent white, 100 percent mediocre -- only clamors for cheaper housing near other white people.[/quote]

It's curious how the upzoning people are always white and extremely pissed off they can't afford to live in the whitest neighborhoods in the city. [/quote]

And the R-1 crowd is an extremely diverse bunch![/quote]

95% Democrats.  [/quote]

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