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Too bad Merriam-Webster can't teach you logic or reading comprehension.  I could plop a house down on a deserted island, but there wouldn't be [b]basic infrastructure[/b] (i.e. schools and necessary vehicular options) to get to my job.  Adding housing in isolation without upgrading public transport and school capacity is truly bad planning.[/quote]

Schools are infrastructure. Transportation systems are infrastructure. Communications systems are infrastructure. Utilities are infrastructure. Hospitals are infrastructure. [b]And housing is infrastructure.[/b][/quote]

Again, you seem to lack understanding of the issue.  You can add additional housing infrastructure but if you fail to upgrade school capacity and public transportation options as MoCo has, you will end up with a place that few people find attractive to live in.[/quote]

If you don't add housing, you will end up with a place that few young people can afford to live in.

And actually that's the point we're getting to.[/quote]

I'm a young person who lives in MoCo and if MoCo doesn't add school capacity to accommodate the overcrowding, young people aren't going to want to settle there.  This has been a long-running issue that MoCo has shown no appetite to address.[/quote]

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