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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montgomery County is losing pace regionally in terms of economic development. If the goal is to make it more “affordable” then what they are saying is that they want to turn Montgomery County into PG County. Otherwise, how much more affordable do they want it? Montgomery County IS the affordable alternative in the region presently. I think these people won’t stop until the entire county is impoverished.

May 2021 Median Home Sales Prices

Arlington: $715k
DC: $685k
Fairfax Co: $658k
Montgomery Co: $550k
PG Co: $388k

https://www.redfin.com/city/21282/VA/Arlington/housing-market
https://www.redfin.com/city/12839/DC/Washington-DC/housing-market
https://www.redfin.com/city/6790/VA/Fairfax/housing-market
https://www.redfin.com/county/1324/MD/Montgomery-County/housing-market
https://www.redfin.com/county/1325/MD/Prince-George-s-County/housing-market
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To be clear, by “these people” I mean Hans Riemer and his coeterie of insulated Takoma Park and Silver Spring YIMBY nuts. Let’s keep in mind that Hans Riemer has been in county government the entire duration of economic decline. If there is anyone more responsible, it’s him. [/quote]

It's hard to find someone more responsible. He's been on the winning side of almost every land use/planning vote while he's been on the council. His approach clearly isn't working.[/quote]
The only issue that Riemer has not been able to prevail on is the county alcohol monopoly. But considering that Virginia has a state liquor monopoly and they are doing great, the idea that this and only is constraining growth is ridiculous. Furthermore, restaurants and bars don’t even produce good jobs and increased alcohol consumption probably makes us economically worse off from negative impacts to health (addiction) and crime (particularly domestic violence) and how that negatively impacts families and increases burdens on the state (police, social services, health care, etc).

Massive subsidies for developers combined with encouraging more alcohol consumption is not really a great recipe for economic growth. [/quote]

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