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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of Moco is actually very cheap once you get about 25 minutes outside the beltway.

Not many places that are less than an hour outside a major global city where you can buy SFHs for under 500k. There are TONS in Germantown, Montgomery Village, Laytonville, Damascus, etc[/quote]

That's funny, because I just checked Redfin, and they have zero (0) listings in Montgomery Village for SFHs under 500k. Germantown has one (1), listed at $400,000 which is a short sale. Laytonsville has one (1), listed at $499,900. Damascus has zero (0). I can't check etc.[/quote]

That's because there is intense competition, and so they all sell quickly. Lots of people don't sit around whining, they get out there and make offers. You can check the sold listings. Houses like this:

https://www.redfin.com/MD/Silver-Spring/12106-Foley-St-20902/home/11025196[/quote]

There are two housing crises. One is the shortage of deeply affordable units. For-profit developers aren’t building these, but YIMBYs would like you to think that they are. The other is the shortage of single family homes. YIMBYs want to reduce the stock of single family homes even more.[/quote]

Deeply affordable housing is wonderful because it brings so much value to the community. The low income housing complex near my neighborhood has only had two murders in the last three years. [/quote]

At least you don’t have them under the same roof.  We rented in Arlington and we’re not told there were set aside affordable units in the expensive condo building.  We are in the 11th month of a 12 month lease and are moving to a small condo in Falls Church which limits the number of rentals.

All the fires, arrests, break ins, stolen packages, fire alarms, pool clearings, police calls were down to the affordable unit people. They also grabbed food meant for others from drivers that we nowvhave to go to the delivery person’s car to get a delivery.

This was $2,400 a month in North Arlington so it wasn’t a slum. 
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+1. This is the ugly truth that you're not supposed to talk about. Just wait for Plan Langston Blvd.[/quote]

Supporting affordable housing is fine, but don't lie about the consequences. [b]Crime rates will go up. [/b]There is a 20x discrepancy between incarceration rates among males born to families in bottom 10% of income distribution vs the top 10% of income distribution. There is no serious research that suggests any crime prevention policies will come close to reducing the incidence of criminality by 95%.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/3/14/17114226/incarceration-family-income-parents-study-brookings-rich-kid-poor-kid[/quote]

Crime rates are associated with areas with a HIGH concentration of extremely low income in a particular areas due in part to the lack of economic and educational opportunity in those areas.  Part of the point is to reduce these high concentrations (intentionally created by past public policy by the way) and thereby decrease overall crime.  [/quote]

Sounds like redistributing crime, not decreasing it. [/quote]

That’s fine with them because they’ve decided that equal is fair.  They imagine that crime, housing pressure, traffic, and poor schools are like water building up behind a dam of regulations and laws.  Rather than divert water or embrace some well thought out plans to remediate the issues, they want to just blow up the dam and let the water destroy everything in its path.  Sure, it will be terrible, but everyone will get an equal amount of water, and that’s what’s important to them.[/quote]

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