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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They have given the thumbs up to the proposal and the middle finger to current residents.

At least there will be an annual cap to the permits and a design book that developers and future slumlords will have to choose from.

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/03/09/arlington-planning-commission-gives-thumbs-up-to-missing-middle-zoning-changes/[/quote]

Many current residents support the proposal.[/quote]

Current apartment renters. Basically builders started with urban village model (high density tapering off from transit hubs) which is a very sensible model, and built higher and higher, and then courted those rental “residents” to support high density in all of Arlington, abandoning smart growth and urban village. 
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Residents are residents, no? Or do only some residents count as residents?[/quote]

I wonder if those apartment dwellers who supposedly support the proposal were informed that missing middle housing will start at $600K for a one bedroom.[/quote]

We are one of those “apartment dwellers” you assume are broke. We can afford $500-600k for a 1 br right now but we can’t afford that with a condo fee of a high rise building that continues to escalate yearly adding close to a $1k a month in fees. OTOH a very small building with a few units? That fee would be significantly less and put it in reach.

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The estimated monthly fee for this condo is about 920 a month. That includes 403 for property tax and 133 for insurance. Now there is a 386 dollar condo fee. What’s your estimate for the fee for a small building? Bear in mind the Garfield street condo fee includes trash/sewer as well as maintenance.

https://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/1021-N-Garfield-St-22201/unit-117/home/11281134[/quote]

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