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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people care so much about this anyway?  New townhomes in North Arlington will be at least $800k, and much more in places like Lyon Village.  Some of your new neighbors will be GS14s instead of biglaw partners—oh the horror!

Actual progressive reform would rezone desirable areas for apartments/condos and mandate that a portion of them be subsidized/affordable.  Missing Middle is nothing compared to what other jurisdictions are doing.[/quote]

Why do people care? Because I moved out of my apartment in Clarendon to live in a single family home so I wouldn’t l have 20 neighbors next door to me. If I wanted to live next to a bunch of people I would have stayed closer in. Do you really have difficulty understanding the concept of single family home neighborhoods? They are the norm across the country.[/quote]

Well, and now that's changing.[/quote]

Is it? Won't/don't families prefer SFH in most instances rather than a 6 unit building? [/quote]

Housing choices are based on preference and constrained by availability and cost. Right? You have your preferences. But what you want might not be available, and/or you might not be able to afford it.

Right now, there are basically only two types of housing available in Arlington: multi-unit housing in big buildings, and single-unit housing (attached or detached). Multi-unit housing in small buildings is generally not available, because it doesn't exist. One might describe this type of housing as "middle" housing, and one might describe its non-existence as "missing".[/quote]

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