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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Missing Middle is the ultimate pro-developer policy. I wasn't aware that wanting to line the pockets of developers was a policy stance of Democrats?[/quote]

How is missing middle more pro-developer than current policy? Isn’t the ability to tear down an old home and construct a mcmansion also pro-developer? [/quote]

That's right.  But now the builder can tear down an old home and construction, generally, one new house by right.   With Missing Middle housing, a large part of the County will be up-zoned so that builders can make more money building four townhouses on one 8,000 sq.ft.lot rather than one house.  [/quote]

And three additional families can own a home. [/quote]

And all of those additional families will send their kids to our finite number of schools and compete for limited summer camp spots and park their extra cars on the street and want to use limited field space for sports, etc. According to the MM advocates we have plenty of capacity. Anyone who has kids in Arlington  knows that’s not true.[/quote]

They could own a home in Congress Heights, right now.  They could own a home in PG county.  So many places they could own a home for far far far less than Arlington, even after MMH.  They could own middle class housing, a half a duplex with a yard, parking, with ample transit options into DC, Arlington,  and National Landing for under 600k.  But they don't.  Just like the author.  It baffles and disgusts me that everyone just accepts that the only alternative to Arlington is Loudon Co and MMH is the key to preventing suburban sprawl.  It's a disgustingly racist position.  [/quote]

People who want to preserve SFH housing can move out to Loudoun or Fairfax or PG county. How is maintaining restrictive zoning not a racist problem? You are projecting. [/quote]

Are there still racial covenants in Arlington that I don’t know about? Thought those were gone…[/quote]

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