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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh no the poor bigots will leave[/quote]

The "bigots" account for a significant share of county funding and they will not tolerate poorly planned zoning policies that raise taxes while defunding local government services. Good luck funding anything when these rich people you hate move to Virginia or Florida.  [/quote]

Wait, I thought you bigots keep claiming eliminating single family zoning will cover the county in apartments yet won't help housing costs at all?

If there are so many people clamoring to live in MoCo that they'll bid up thousands of new units to the point prices don't fall at all, then clearly there are enough people who want to live here that nobody will miss you or your tax dollars when you leave.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.[/quote]

I understand that you have good intentions and you genuinely believe in this proposal, but it does not reflect reality of why neighborhoods are desirable in the first place. These biggest advocates of these proposal are largely designed by out of touch white people with sheltered upbringings who have never lived in a low-income neighborhood. My family was poor and we lived in one of those neighborhoods with high crime and terrible schools. Almost everyone I know that made something of themselves is strongly opposed to eliminating single family zoning because it protects quality of life for middle class people. MOCO will not be able to fund high-quality government services if you drive away high-income and middle income taxpayers with poorly designed policies. People with the means to relocate will not tolerate poorly performing schools and other negative quality of life factors. Unfortunately, the reality is that there is a very strong correlation between household income and crime rates. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4180846/ 
The difference in violent crime rates between the top 20% and the bottom 20% of this income distribution is 6.8x. It only takes a small change in these neighborhoods to double crime levels. People will not tolerate increases in crime; they will leave and MOCO will enter a fiscal death spiral.  The reality is that people living in neighborhoods are what make it desirable and you have the causality backyards. YIMBY policies will not improve MOCO, they are more likely to destroy what used to be one of the best places to live in the US. [/quote]

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