Reply to What do you think of YIMBYs?

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "What do you think of YIMBYs?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Upzoning reduces gentrification.
Upzoning reduces gentrification.
Upzoning reduces gentrification.

[quote=Anonymous]
You can't be against gentrification but for upzoning.  Gentrification arguably damages poorer areas, while upzoning damages richer areas.  Gentrification at least allows some poorer families who happen to own land in a poorer neighborhood to get a financial benefit.   Upzoning simply takes money from the rich in the form of reduced property values.  I suggest a preferred approach would be to improve poorer neighborhoods.  You can either pull down the top, or you can pull up the bottom.  I prefer the latter.[/quote]

Upzoning reduces gentrification.

Upzoning Ward 3 would create more housing units.  This would create more places for people to live.  Prices in other parts of DC would go down.

This is why upzoning reduces gentrification.  [/quote]

So, you are for destroying rich SFH neighborhoods but not for destroying poorer areas.  On what basis?  Why not simply improve poorer neighborhoods?  [/quote]

How are rich SFH areas being destroyed? Please share examples.[/quote]

If I buy in a neighborhood of SFHs, that is what I am buying.  I have NO interest in living next door to apartment buildings or duplexes.  [/quote]

Weird, when I bought my SFH it came with a plat showing exactly the area I had purchased. It included my house and my yard, but it didn't say anything about including the entire neighborhood.

You might want to recheck your documents, you might be in for a surprise.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics