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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole debate boils down to the frustrated expectations of 30-year old white guys.

All the people worried about shady real estate developers and overcrowded schools and disappearing green space and ugly condo developments can take a hike.

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No. There are people of a range of ages, of different races, of different genders and orientations who are concerned about this.

The NIMBYs though are mostly old white people afraid of change.

DC can build more schools and lots of its schools have excess capacity (perhaps PP is signaling they live in upper Ward 3).

No new developments happen on parks, and private green space is not a park.  Many new developments create more useable open space.

Plenty of old buildings are ugly, and new ones that are not.

Developers are no more shady than any other business, nor more shady than the developers who build the preciouse detached SFHs generations ago.  Certainly no more shady than people who speculate in existing housing, who benefit when supply is limited. [/quote]

Unfortunately, there are a lot of shady real estate developers.

They face very little government oversight because the city is overwhelmed by the number of developments. Not surprisingly, it's like the Wild West. They ignore building codes. There's been cases of developers removing load-bearing walls and never replacing them. Developers ignore what's allowed on permits. They damage neighbors' homes.

It's hard to discipline them because they treat fines like the cost of doing business or they dare homeowners to take them to court knowing most don't have the ability to hire lawyers for years or they disappear. [/quote]

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