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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not everyone can live in DuPont Circle. Sorry![/quote]

Exactly, all I see is anguish that someone cannot afford the type of housing or neighborhood for the same price as where they have to resort to living now, obviously not satisfied with their options.  I don't see millions descending upon DC in search of homes and whoever lives here or comes and goes seems to find place to live according to the budget.  My working class family managed to buy homes in South Arlington and Silver Spring and further out burbs to get nicer homes, they are not rich or even professionals.  My wealthier friends all own decent homes in NWDC, Mclean, Bethesda, GF, Clarendon. My poor cousin lives in a garden apartment zoned for Longfellow, because that's all she can afford and because she is dead set on her kid going there, but she is not homeless and doesn't have to resort to living in unsafe area.  My DINK friends rent a luxury condo in trendy part of DC and my disabled low income relative lives in an apartment in NWDC.  Where is the crisis other than people with LMC budget wanting to live UMC lifestyle?[/quote]

Working people being homeless is weird criteria for a housing crisis.

Too many middle and working class people spend too much of their income on housing, which also hurts the rest of the economy (though its good for landlords, I guess)

Too many people are in inadequate or substandard housing.

And too many people have unnecessarily long commutes - leading to harm to the physical and mental health and financial well being, adding congestion to our roads (at signficant financial cost to local govts), and at harm to our regional and planetary environment.

And this is despite the existence of new supply, both market rate and committed affordable, thanks to the efforts of planners, urbanists, and housing advocates.  [/quote]

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