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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm all about dense housing which should decrease how much farmland we transition into subdivisions.

Hopefully, it will also create demand for local businesses which make neighborhoods more walkable and thus decrease how much driving we do.

Am I for removing all barriers to development?  No.  But I'm all for businesses near houses.  I'm all for affordable housing next to expensive homes.  I am in favor of really good public schools so that different kinds of people will mix and get to know each other.

Too many NIMBYs who are just negative without being proactive about envisioning the future of our society.  [/quote]

how do you preserve the things that made the neighborhood attractive in the first place  - often ample parking, pristine blocks of original houses, trees, etc? Ie, low density? [/quote]y

I live in NEDC near Brookland, and, as far as I can tell, the new developments have added to the low density landscape.  We still had a lot of vacant land and the demand for housing is simply filling in areas that were empty.  All the new houses have parking and, yes, some trees have gone, but I think requiring developers to plant new trees is a very do-able requirement.

Plus, new housing built on previously underutilized land means that fewer people are commuting from far out, and also, once Metro ramps up again, more people will be commuting by public transportation.

It's a win win win.[/quote]

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