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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we don't go YIMBY we'll become Toronto.  Where housing prices are so sky high that owning a home is a luxury out the of reach for most.[/quote]

But those that can do buy and take care of their properties - preserving and increasing the value.  Sounds like - gulp - capitalism.[/quote]

Capitalism would - gulp - generally allow owners of private property to decide what to do with their private property, including what to build on it.. [/quote]

So right, PP - so let met add you mix zoning etc etc folks have at it.  SFH is like high end anything- scarcity is value. So - any smart capitalist knows this and is not giving up that scarce commodity because of its value - to multiple unit builds which lower the value of their good. Gulp - college and econ is a good route to take to understand these concepts.[/quote]

If the owners of private property aren't going to build duplexes anyway, why are you so strenuously opposing the rezoning that would allow them to do so? Why would you bother opposing it, if you weren't worried that they actually will build duplexes?[/quote]

You know the answer - SFH keeps folks who are not interested in building family wealth out.  And you must also know that you need serious capital to buy into real estate in DC - which either means the smaller price tags of SFH or you are a developer in private equity buying in.  Do you have either of these?   Why do you protest so much?  Can you own - property in DC or are you writing because you can't?    There is not a shortage of rentals in DC - have at it.[/quote]

I'm sorry, I have no idea what point you're making. What does my owning property in DC, or not owning property in DC, have to do with the idea of rezoning residential areas from only allowing one type of housing, to allowing several types of housing?[/quote]

You either have standing or you don't.  Sounds like you don't. [/quote]

The rezoning proposals are not only in DC, and they affect renters as well as homeowners.[/quote]
Thank you for affirming my point. [/quote]

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