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If you travel wisonsin and conn ave in ward 3 there are tons of apartment buildings. Behind them is a neighborhood characteristic of single family homes and duplexes. There was some talk of allowing folks to convert garages to small dwellings, which was interesting. Beyond that, not sure why these low density neighborhoods are so provocative to the Mayor, esp as there are ample rent controlled units in the apartments on the main corridors.[/quote]

If you look at the entire ward there are not enough units affordable to low income people, there are not that many apts (though they are almost all on the arterials people travel on a lot - thankfully we have something called google maps you can get a better picture of the whole ward).  There is an absurdly high number of SFHs for someplace at practically the center of the region.  And even so, there all that is being asked, in terms of upzoning, is to make it easier to build other things. [/quote]

There are lots of SFHs blocks from the Dupont Metro, too, but I don't see David Alpert at al clamoring for more density there. Wonder if that's because David Alpert lives in a SFH two blocks from the Dupont Metro? It's simply a horribly wasteful, elitist use of that space, but I guess he gets a pass. Funny how that works.[/quote]

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