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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MM is a solution looking for a problem.

Building 6-plex apartments on single family lots isn't the solution.  Arlington has plenty of apartments.  What everyone wants is a single family home in Arlington but just can't afford it.  So, sorry, but that's the way the free market works. [/quote]

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/651-S-Greenbrier-St-Arlington-VA-22204/12090510_zpid/

This is $820k. Are the proposed duplexes and THs really going to be priced lower than that?[/quote]

Well, [b]most people don't want a house in that condition.[/b] (You can argue that people should want to take the time to buy old properties and fix them up, but it is a nightmare dealing with contractors in this area, so I get why people don't want to do it.)

But the PP is right -- there are tons of apartments and condos. I recently thought about renting in Arlington, and there were tons of options everywhere, and as you got further from metro (where MM housing would be), the rents went down significantly and there were even more empty units. I also looked at condos, and there were many condos in great condition for under $400K. It's just unclear to me what option is missing in the market that MM provides.[/quote]

"In that condition" what?

If it's actually unclear to you, then you haven't been listening to anything anybody has said in support of the missing-middle housing proposal.[/quote]

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