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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain exactly what the fuss is? If zoning restrictions are loosened you can still live in a neighborhood is SFH - you and your neighbors just have to pay for it. Probably more, since it will be market rate. Do people really think that developers are going to put apartment buildings on 6000 sq ft lots? I could see how it would be more of an issue in further suburbs where lots are larger. FWIW I live in Arlington and I don’t think it would be the worst thing in the world if I lived next to a duplex...[/quote]

This would allow your nextdoor neighbor to change the dynamics, not just the developers.  So, you just purchase a house in a SF neighborhood on a small lot--less than .25 acre.  A couple of neighbors decide to expand to duplexes.  Parking?  Infrastructure?  etc.  Would you be happy?  Remember, when you purchased, it was zoned SF.[/quote]

I’m the PP who asked the question. I guess, yes I would be happy. I have concerns about the county’s parking policies and their plans for storm water management, but I have both with current development too. I feel like if you value living surrounded by sfh, then sell. Reducing zoning restrictions will let property values correct to free market prices. So if you value a sfh near a transportation corridor, you pay market value, ie compete with a developer. I don’t think it’s necessarily a right to live close in, in a “walkable neighborhood” and have a sfh. I have frequently heard the argument that “Arlington is more urban than some parts of DC” or “Arlington used to be part of DC so it isn’t really a suburb” but part of urban living is high density housing.  [/quote]

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