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[quote=Anonymous][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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Np. You’re delusional if you think the “very small building with few units” aren’t going to have similar fees. [/quote]

No it’s only people like you who are delusional.

Elevators one of the biggest maintaining and ongoing costs
Then pools - cost of water 
Turns out the added insurance for those aren’t as high is people think 
Then  - depends on age - water for residents; even older building - heat and ac 
Management staff - to manage day to day issues
Common area upkeep and common element upkeep 
Parking lot or parking garage up keep 
In addition residents may or may not get parking and may have to purchase or rent a space
Then there must be adequate reserves

Small building - 6 or so units - may or may not have it structured to be an HOA - or it may cover very limited elements 
Every person gets their own services and does their own upkeep

And redfin and zillow are not reliable for condo fees 
condo fees with many units base fees on sq ft
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