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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in a single-family home one block from the proposed development site and while am not thrilled at the idea of a year or two of construction, am very excited about the prospect of more retail and development in the immediate neighborhood. Except for traffic at pick up and drop off times, I honestly do not understand the intense resistance I am seeing from some of my neighbors to this project.

I don't mean to be rude or judgemental, and I'm sure I will get some push back for this, but most of those who are resisting the development seem to be older residents who have been in the neighborhood for a long time. Other young families in the immediate vicinity are looking forward to more development in the area, and I'm wondering if there is just a difference in preference over what kind of neighborhood neighbors would like this pocket of Tenleytown/AU Park to be. [/quote]

My thought is that the people who are most vociferously opposed to many aspects of the plan as proposed dislike the certainty of

1. exponentially increased vehicular traffic down their 25-mph narrow streets.   
2.  loss of on-street parking (not just for their cars but for visitors.  Also, having your driveway blocked 4 nights a week by some schmoe eating at Hot Restaurant XYZ actually sucks.  btdt.
3.  effectively eliminating 42nd st as a VIABLE street that ppl actually can use 24/7.    (yes, i know the pavement would [u]technically[/u] still allow for the weight of a car, maybe, under the initial proposal and this pavement would not be 110% blocked to cars.   [b] But [/b]if it's narrowed to 6 ft. wide, and it has steel flower planters blocking the travel lane because it's morphed into a pedestrian "Plaza" choked with seated students ... there is no more use of the lane as a north-south travel way.)

IMO, as a sort of neighbor who won't be in the shadow of the new construction, #3 is an incredibly valid opposition point.   Converting well-used public rights-of-way to essentially private use is bullshit.

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