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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So move to loudon county if you don’t want density. The fact is,[b] housing is unaffordable because there isn’t enough of it. [/b][/quote]

[b]And that's OK.  [/b]

People who can't afford close-in DC homes can live in affordable Loudon and Laurel and Laytonsville.  There's nothing wrong with this.

All these discussions are premised on the fallacy that moderate and low-income people deserve to live in certain zip codes and that it's  inherently 'wrong' when they can't.

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I don't think it's ok.

The idea that only wealthy people get to have a secure home in a convenient location - that's not something I can get behind. Like saying that only wealthy people get to have secure access to nutritious food, or only wealthy people get to have assured access to good schools for their kids, or only wealthy people get to have health care when they need it. Nope.[/quote]

Wrong.  Housing may be a right, maaaybe, but [i]housing at a given address [/i]is emphatically not a right or entitlement.  To the victor go the spoils, and all.  Well-resourced people have more options — such as options of where to call home — than lower-resourced people.

No one on this thread or in the WaPo article advocates that lower-resourced people get [u]no[/u] home, or an unsafe shelter.  They just don't get the best home and the best address.

And that's OK.
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"Maaaybe" housing is a right? Seriously? Ick.[/quote]

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