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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Failing schools, imploding commercial real estate, and murders are not quite enough to destroy Alexandria, so the Council is a freight train about to vote on Tuesday to eliminate all SFH zoning.  Yay. [/quote]

Hooray!

Don't worry, OP, they are not eliminating detached one-unit residential buildings. They are simply eliminating zoning that bans everything except detached one-unit residential buildings. Property owners - like you - will now have more options for your property.[/quote]

Great, so our neighbors can build condos next to our bedrooms and destroy the single family neighborhood we love.[/quote]

So let's play this out....

There is a neighborhood of say 100 homes.  How many of those owners do you think will sell in the next ten years?  Of those, how many do you think are currently "tear down" such that it is more palatable for a developer to purchase than for a new family to move in?  Of those, how many have lots large enough to put in more than a duplex?  And if they were to build that duplex, how likely is it that it would be any larger than a huge house that would otherwise be built?

The sky is not falling.[/quote]

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