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Do you really think that making the Palisades or Chevy Chase DC much more dense is going to make them more desirable neighborhoods?
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DP. If there's no desire (i.e., market demand) for the housing, then the developers don't build it.

Not to mention that it's logically inconsistent to argue that multi-family buildings will make the Palisades or Chevy Chase DC more expensive AND less desirable. Pick one or the other. You can't have both.

I'm assuming that when you say "desirable," you're referring to people in general desiring it, not you specifically desiring it. When people use the word "desirable," it's always a good idea to ask: desirable [i]for whom[/i]?[/quote]

Many people choose to buy homes in Palisades, Chevy Chase and Cleveland Park for the neighborhoods’ village in the city character.”  CP is an historic district, moreover.  I would think that protecting that character is pretty important to those neighborhoods.[/quote]

So when you talk about "desirable," you mean, "desirable to people who already own their homes in Palisades, Chevy Chase, and Cleveland Park and don't want their neighborhoods to change"? That's not typically how desirability is defined in real estate.[/quote]

Sure it is.  It’s what makes these areas special — green space, walkable, quiet side streets, historic character.  That’s why people move there.  If they want nightlife and “vibrancy” then they find U Street more desirable.[/quote]

All you're saying is that people who own property in exclusive areas want to maintain the exclusiveness of the exclusive areas they own property. Which is just about as persuasive as rich people wanting to keep taxes on rich people low.[/quote]

So now green space, a leafy tree canopy and residential streets where people can ride a bike are indicators of “exclusion”?!  Well, if your idea of density is destroying these qualities of life, then no one wants your vibrant density.[/quote]

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