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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don't get it. There are literally neighborhoods for every interest/type people want in the city. You can live among big apartment buildings (NOMA), fourplexes (Trinidad/Ivy City), row houses (everywhere), and single family homes (AU Park, Chevy Chase, Palisades). Why on earth would you move to one neighborhood and demand that it is remade into another neighborhood type than just moving to that other neighborhood? There are so many options at your disposal.[/quote]

When you decided where to live, did you say, "I want to live in [housing type], I don't care where!"?

Or did you say, "I want to live in [area]."?[/quote]
Huh? This makes no sense. I actually have to turn the question back on you. What attracts you to a neighborhood and what qualities are important to you?[/quote]

It makes a lot more sense than "If you want to live in a fourplex, you should have to move to Trinidad; if you want to live in a big apartment building, you should have to move to NoMA; if you want to live in AU Park, you should only get to do so if you can afford a single-family-detached house."[/quote]

DP. No it doesn’t. If you want to live in a specific type of residence, you should look to where there are lots of that kind of residences. That’s your best bet at finding that kind of residence. And the people who live in the neighborhood with those kinds of residences probably also like living in a neighborhood with those kinds of residences. [/quote]

Do you think that people are saying, "I want to live in a fourplex!" or do you think people are saying, "I want to live in [the area where the PP keeps complaining about YIMBYs]"? [/quote]
The qualities that make these different neighborhoods appealing to different groups are closely tied to their predominant housing/development type. [/quote]

You pick your neighborhood because of the characters of the residences there!  You can always change/remodel/rebuild your residence; you yourself can't change the character of the neighboring residences.  If you buy a SFH in a neighborhood, you want a neighborhood of SFHs, not something else.   The end result of upzoning will be the departure of folks from DC.  DC has done well financially over the last several decades, because they wealthy have done well.  If you drive them out, you lose your tax base.   What COVID has made clear is that many of these folks do not need to be in DC.  In fact, the number of folks working remotely from beach houses is huge.

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