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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is physically impossible for all of us to live in DTSS or wherever is "allowed" to live and walk to work.

And even if we could (we cant), [b]should the rest of the county just be a barren wasteland[/b]?   Should we all have to live within walking distance to our jobs?  Good luck with that. [/quote]

Wait what?  Upcounty used to be productive farmland that generated local produce for us to eat that didn't need to be shipped across the country while doubling as open space that absorbed rain water and for good measure required minimal roads or other county infra to support.

Now it is all paved over or covered with suburban tract homes with heavily fertilized lawns and criss-crossed by planet killing roads that everyone has to use to even do the most mundane daily tasks.

So which version of the upper county is a barren wasteland?[/quote]

People (like myself) couldnt afford to live in Silver Spring, TP, or anywhere else that is preferred.  So we moved out farther.   And upcounty wasnt just going to be a farmland forever, or the "rainwater absorber for the county".  No, thank you.   So we have jobs, and schools, and houses, and infrastructure as well.   And we are allowed to.

The barren wasteland comment was to answer "what would happen if we all were just living in the "preferred" zip codes.  It's not only unrealistic, but would render the other sprawled areas some sort of tumbleweeds. [/quote]

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