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Racist outcomes? That makes no sense. Based on your logic, expensive restaurants are racist because certain people go there? Seriously, think about what you are saying for 2 seconds. Systemic racism is a thing. That doesn't mean we should throw our hands up and do nothing. There will be demographic differences in literally everything we do. Using that as a shield to prop up property values and exclude people is wrong.

At the end of the the day, SFH zoning is the most discriminatory thing. The history of it, and why it continues, is exactly that.[/quote]

If you think expensive restaurants and de facto segregated neighborhoods are even remotely close to the same thing, you will never understand why your policies are terrible for society. I'd love to see more land opened up for multifamily, but without a concerted, deliberate effort to regulate the housing market, spend subsidies more wisely, and bring more jobs to job-deficient areas, we'll end up with more segregation and discrimination, not less.[/quote]

Yes, I do. SFH is segregation. Urbanists wish to undo that discriminatory part of zoning. NIMBYs and "affordable housing" advocates do not.

No "affordable housing" plan, or supporter, has made rent come down. It's only about handouts to a few poor people (inclusionary zoning) or a few apartments scattered here and there. It's virtue signaling. It doesn't work.[/quote]

Bethesda has at least 3 high end apt buildings coming on line this year and you can bet (or check if you want) that is having an effect on rents across the area— buildings that were a few years ago are offering rents under $2k with a couple months free.

Likewise the fact that developers might build new developments in phases doesn’t change the fact that in 2030, or whenever they are done, the presence of those houses will keep prices lower than they would have been otherwise. It’s strange to suggest otherwise. [/quote]

Yep. This is well-established in the literature. People who claim otherwise are doing so out of ignorance.[/quote]

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