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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love that DC has single family homes and that people can live in a decent-sized space within the city. And that's across all the wards. It's what makes DC DC. If you want to live in apartments, go to Crystal City or Washington Landing or whatever it's now called.

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I love that DC has single family homes too, but do you know what I'd love even more? [b]If people who owned single family zoned property were free to do whatever they wanted with the land that they own[/b] so that our massive housing shortage could be addressed.

The beauty of this plan is that literally everyone with a single family home who wants to keep their single family home can keep them. Your single family home can remain a single family home for as long as you live! The problem is that when people say "I love that DC has single family homes" they are not saying "I love that I can have a single family home," they are saying "I love that absolutely nobody who can't afford a single family home can gain a foothold in my neighborhood."

[quote]It's what makes DC DC. If you want to live in apartments, go to Crystal City or Washington Landing or whatever it's now called.[/quote]

Two can play at that game. I love that DC has dense rowhouses and walkable neighborhoods. It's what makes DC DC. If you want a single family home and never ever want to see apartments buildings built in your line of view, go to Loudoun or Fauquier or wherever.  
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I grew up in a place where people can do whatever they want with their land.  It is a hellscape called Houston. The reason that DC looks like it does is because of planning and zoning.  Keep your laissez-faire for ugly cities built to accommodate cars, strip malls, and billboards. [/quote]

Yes, Houston sucks.  Good thing these zoning changes don't permit strip malls, commercial use, or anything like that.  They only permit up to four residential units on a plot where previously only a SFH was permitted.

Oh, and I can't stress this enough . . . this is in Maryland, not DC, you nitwit.  [/quote]

No one loves name-calling more than YIMBYs when someone dares disagree with them. They're particularly fond of calling people "r-tards" on social media. They're just really unpleasant people.[/quote]

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