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There's a life cycle to housing.

People who are young and single don't need much space. When people get married, they don't need much more space, though they'd probably like some. When people have children, now they need space. If they have a lot of children, they really need a lot of space. When those children grow up and move away, they don't need as much space anymore.

Replacing single-family homes with apartments and condos helps people who 1. don't have children or 2. whose children have grown up and moved away because it will make apartments and condos cheaper. It hurts people with children, because they need lots of space, and removing single-family homes will send the price of the ones that remain to the moon. Why do you think so many people leave NYC when they have children? (Look at how much single-family homes cost in NYC).

You can say "well those people can lump it and go live in a condo." (It's always easier to demand someone else sacrifices, isn't it? Especially when you benefit from their sacrifices)

And I can say "well, no one has a divine decree to live anywhere, and if you don't like DC, you're welcome to move somewhere else." [/quote]

There is a life cycle to housing - first it's new, then it's not so new, then it's old.

You're not talking about that, though. You're talking about people's housing needs and wants. And you're assuming that's everyone's housing needs and wants are the same as yours. But they're not.[/quote]

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