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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC has a number of “lower density” single family residential neighborhoods.  (Note that they Council Chairman correctly points out that DC is the densest subnational jurisdiction in the nation.)  [b]People seem to value that[/b], particularly now: the fact that there is green space, that they can see the sunny sky without shadows all day, that that they can take walks without being on top of one another, and they can still hear birdsong and other natural sounds to calm them.   Why force zoning changes that would bring more density and height that people don’t want in their neighborhoods, just to make a fat buck for connected developers?[/quote]

Agreed, the people who are living in these affluent residential areas in the District of Columbia, who paid a lot of money in order to be able to live there, do not want builders to build more housing to meet the demand that other people also have to live there.[/quote]

PP, you are missing the point. The DC described above is all of our DC. DC has height restrictions. It is unusual because of that, but it is our city and it works and yet we still are amazingly dense at this point. We just don't know how by waiving height restrictions in the effort of even more density, we also maintain DC.

This is not an 'elites' trying to maintain 'redlines' this is a DC citizens wanting to be able to see the Washington Monument from NW or NE, see the sky from Downtown or one of our main arteries. We are trying to keep DC the low slung, green parks, fresh air, blue skied city people recognized it as when the height regulations were introduced.[/quote]

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