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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m all for it if they confine it to Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and the good part of Kensington. Ya know…the expensive areas that can afford to absorb more families with kids and more diversity (both racial and economic).

But allowing this higher-density housing in neighborhoods where lower income immigrants and minorities are already doubled and tripled and sometimes quadrupled up in SFHs is just a bad idea that will result in overcrowded schools and unhealthy environments.

Did everyone see the recent (maybe a month or so ago) Redfin link to a flop house in 20906? That area is filled with SFHs that people have converted for multiple families to rent. And it’s not good. Crime is bad, schools are bad, and it’s prompting white flight.

Neighborhoods aren’t diverse when they are 90%+ one ethnic group. The schools suffer, the area businesses shift, and some areas effectively become no go zones.

When is the last time anyone shopped in Glenmont? Or Veirs Mill Village?

It’s fine to build such housing in areas where it’s expected: where people can access public transportation and walkability is high. Or try to build it on the west side of the county (that for whatever reason escaped having multiple garden apartments and affordable housing). Heck, you could plop down massive tiny home communities on the large lots in Potomac. Have at it! [/quote]

No thanks. I’d like to see migrants and day laborers and housekeepers trudging through my expansive, maple lined neighborhood in Potomac where homes are 2-3 acres apart to get to the bus lines to get to their jobs. Or 30 kids at a bus stop off of river road. You guys all hate the places where people who worked hard and prospered life but you will never be able to ruin it! It’s just going to build more urban density in the poor areas. This is tone deaf stupid and awful!!! [/quote]

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