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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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You're really better off in the high rise. Just avoid pools and 24-hour staff, and fees will be lower (the pool drives up insurance and maintenance costs, and employing staff in this area is expensive).

Also missing middle housing will probably be wood framed, meaning that the walls and floors will be paper thin, and if your neighbors make the slightest bit of noise, it will be awful; better off in a high rise that is required to be made of concrete. 
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