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I may be misunderstanding your post, but it sounds to me like you're saying the answer is to stop an effort to make more housing affordable to families that are in the missing middle.  Wouldn't a better and more inclusive alternative be more schools?  Larger schools?  Why is the answer that I should move out of a community I've been a part of for over a decade if I want to buy a home that doesn't stretch my budget?  [/quote]

DP. Where will you put those schools and where would you get the money build a operate them? If the county cannot afford increased density by providing the necessary infrastructure, they shouldn’t be actively trying to increase density. [/quote]

1) I'm simply pointing out that opposing higher density housing because it allows more people to live somewhere is classic NIMBY.
2) Counties and cities should plan for increasing school capacity needs.  Encouraging housing policy that keeps the missing middle out of Arlington won't fix the disconnect there.  
3) Look around at where new construction is happening (and has been happening for years, especially in south Arlington).  Prime places for schools, I would think.  The county could also purchase land and repurpose it.  I know of one home that was torn down and the lot made into a park, and another home that was torn down to expand a community garden.  
4) On cost, its really a question of priorities.  Arlington County is hard an impoverished area.  Look at the new Long Bridge pool.  Also, wouldn't more people living in Arlington mean more people paying taxes in Arlington?

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