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And Chevy Chase and Bethesda aren't DC.  This is a poorly thought out proposal-we'll just have more traffic, more overcrowding in the popular schools that are already overcrowded, and [b]pissed off neighbors selling because there's an ADU right on their property line[/b] because the Council hasn't given sufficient thought to all the old houses in this area with limited grandfathered  setbacks.[/quote]

That's ok with me.

In the big picture: The area population is growing. And people need a place to live. Where do you think the additional housing should go?

Keep in mind that you can't stop the area population from growing by not building housing. [/quote]

You can ensure that basic infrastructure is in place.  My kids are already in an overcapacity school, and it takes me 10 minutes to drive a stretch of Wisconsin that would take me 5 minutes to walk.  I don't have an issue with higher density-I lived in New York most of my life, but Montgomery County has not shown any willingness or capacity to plan for the increased population of school aged children or drivers, and it's reducing the attractiveness of the area as a whole to a new generation.[/quote]

No, you didn't answer the question. Where do you think the additional housing should go?

What's reducing the attractiveness of the area as a whole to a new generation is inability to afford to live here.[/quote]

You didn't answer the question of why MoCo should be adding housing without ensuring basic infrastructure is in place.  Why should they do that?   Do you not think children deserve a good education?   Housing can go many place--I lived in DC which has chosen to keep its low-rise character and not become New York despite being a much larger source of employment than MoCo.   I don't understand your premise that MoCo needs to be the source of housing for the area--if there were better public transit (something MoCo is woefully lacking), people could enter far more easily.  But I have colleagues who have turned down jobs in Bethesda because traffic is so bad, so adding housing without ensuring basic infrastructure is in place just reduces the area's competitiveness for skilled workers (but[b] [/b]it makes the real estate agents and developers who donate to the Council happy[b]!)[/quote]

THIS is what is key.  And, this is where the money is.  And, this is why this will pass.  [/quote]

+1.

Meet the "Democratic" politicians -- real estate developers complex.[/quote]

Yup, I just wrote my council members and reminded them that there are still a lot of parents (voting parents) who are unhappy with what this additional overcrowding means for schools.[/quote]

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