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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the OP’s complaint really undercuts the “missing middle” housing in Arlington. Middle that is missing doesn’t want to live in a condo/stacked flat/duplex/townhouse. They want a SFH zoned to a GS 9 or 10 ES in walking distance to Metro. My kid wants a pony. Can’t have one because we live in a SFH in Arlington. Choices. That’s what OP has. Truly poor people don’t have choices, and it’s those individuals who need housing options N of Lee Hwy, since there are none currently. [/quote]

You do realize that if you put the poor people both of Lee Highway, it and the schools will become less desirable.  With APS no longer viable, the more affluent are sending kids to private schools and do not have to live in Arlington.

Further as the stock of single family homes shrinks, only the affluent will be able to afford them as tear downs.   If you are middle income, yiur best Hope is a townhouse or two bedroom condo or rental.  [/quote]

Sorry, but adding some low income housing N of Lee Highway won’t change the schools so that they are undesirable. There is space for those kids, and going from 0-5% Farms to 10-15% will not hurt rich kid’s education and socialization. It will help it. Schools don’t become “undesirable” until they get over 40% Farms, which is basically most of south Arlington. No one will concentrate low income housing  north of lee highway the way it has been done around 50 and the pike.[/quote]

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