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I certainly have no interest in living in a SFH neighorhood with a bunch of ADUs attached to the SFHs.  Similarly, I question whether the cost comparison between a single ADU behind some SFH and the per apartment cost of a large apartment building.  Not all (and certainly hopefully) apartments in MC need to be high rent or luxury buildings.  Developers can be provided incentives to provide high quality but cost effective apartments.  Further, I would be concerned about the negative effect on property values of SFH neighborhoods with substantial ADUs.  I do not want to live in such a neighborhood and would move.

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Fine. Then move.

By the way, there is no evidence that ADUs lower property values.[/quote]

ADUs impact on the neighborhood values are hard to study and there is a big difference for me between an attached ADU and a detached ADU. I don't care if your detached ADU actually increases my property value (although I highly HIGHLY doubt it) because I am paying to live in a SFH on a SFH street and I pay property taxes to the county that reflect that arrangement. I'm not interested in a neighborhood with lots of detached ADUs that are poorly constructed. I'm not interested in having your duplexes sandwiched in between the SFHs. I can move to a jurisdiction where at least the property taxes are lower. I don't like to be paying enormous taxes in MoCo and then my neighbor drops a shipping container in the backyard and rents it out. You can say Fine, then move but please understand that you need higher wage earners to pay taxes. That's just how it works.[/quote]

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