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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Society is waking up to the idea that there is something fundamentally unfair and unjust about wealthy people (usually white) living in McMansions on1.5 acre lots.[/quote]

I hear this a lot, but I also see the people pushing for more density are always white and always a little too nervous about having to possibly move into predominantly black neighborhoods. Me thinks it's the density crowd that is kind of racist. [/quote]

Advocates of increasing density: we need more housing units!
You: Nah, just go gentrify a poor black neighborhood.[/quote]

Just to recap: These are white people (density advocates are invariably white) who are so upset about being priced out of predominantly white neighborhoods that they are demanding the government change its zoning policies so that these white people can find a way to live in white neighborhoods.

You have to wonder about white people who are so insistent about living among other white people. [/quote]

They really, really, really don't want to be EOTP. [/quote]

Except there are a TON of white people - including families enrolled in DCPS and charters - living EOTP. I don't have data to back me up, but I wouldn't be surprised if 60%+ of housing transactions EOTP over the last 5 years were purchases by white people.

The move to add density to SFH neighborhoods is largely being driven by advocates for communities of color and anti-poverty movement. Look at Mayor Bowser's plan to up-zone Ward 3 - it's all in an effort to add affordable housing. It sure as hell is not being done to placate white people.
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