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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a wonder to watch some of the most privileged in our society clothe themselves in rightousness as they pull the ladder up behind them. [/quote]

I think this is very unfair.  Nowhere in the entire United States has the type of reforms proposed in Arlington.  Of course people who have worked hard to make their homes here are worried.  This is an extreme proposal and it should (but will not) be dialed back to try and thread the needle in a way that balances things out and recognizes the infrastructure issues.  We can have change without going nuclear.

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I think this is very delusional. Try slumming it one day and drive through South Arlington. Plenty of examples that have been there for decades now. South Glebe Rd - they just slapped up some more oluxury townhouses on a little slip of land located across the street from a couple of apartment buildings, and then across the road there is a small infill build of large luxury SFH houses from about 10 years ago, a couple duplexes next to that, then next to that shoehorned in on some awkward strip another set of townhouses that are about 15 years old. Tons of small SFH homes behind that. Across the street a hand full of infill build townhomes from a decade ago then next to that some habit for humanity townhomes also from a 12+ yrs ago and next to that this small little apartment building that has seriously been there forever but recently got repainted and I think some renovations. Oh wait I forget that one SFH with what appears to be junkyard that grows in the front yard.  All that infill building and people happily purchased those homes at very high prices. Those people worked hard to make their homes here.  There is absolutely nothing extreme about this proposal because it already happens. They are just making sure it happens more places.

I don't know if people like you are really this dumb but you do realize that only certain lots are going to be useful for a developer. Duplexes and tri plexes might be ok for an individual home builder but actual developer companies want something that will be a community. That's their business. They don't build one off houses. So the actual number of lots that are going to meet that need in North Arlington that they can buy at a cost that will allow them to recoup their investment is pretty limited. They aren't going to bother to buy SFHs to tear down to replace. It's too costly in terms of dollars and time. They might take down a single small house but what they really want is land and no existing building. It's quicker and less costly. Remember they deal in volume.  Now the smaller home builders, They might do the duplex but maybe not. It's a different kind of build verses one single family home. There is a start up cost if the builder isn't already in that space that might be too costly and time consuming to consider. Two smaller SFH on the same lot is more likely.  What is not likely is that any of those home will be substantially less in cost that any other home in the neighborhood. They will be slightly less but not much less.  And "affordable housing" ?? Forget it. Too expensive to deal with unless someone gives them the house and a substantial lot for free. Even with tax credits that can't offset the cost enough to make it profitable. [/quote]

I am familiar with South Arlington.  I have lived there in the past, and I have friends who have lived there. Most of the information in your post above is patently false.  Another poster has already pointed this out. [/quote]

And it was one of the reasons we didn't buy our home in S.Arlington.

I liked the cohesiveness and SFHs only of our neighborhood. We lived in some very questionable places in our 20s-early 30s to be able to afford a home in our 40s.

Now they want to transform the home/neighborhood we worked very, very hard to purchase into something else entirely.  The thought that we could have mini apartment buildings/multi units as direct neighbors and throughout our neighborhood was not something we ever thought was ever on the table.  [/quote]

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