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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Skyscrapers surrounding national parks is generally a bad idea.[/quote]

Really? Why exactly?

Would you rather those National Parks be bulldozed so they can be replaced with more 8-11 story mid rise office or residential buildings? Would that be a better outcome?

Or perhaps you'd like to expand the exurbs even more? Push even farther out into the countryside to make rooms for more houses so people can have 2 hour commutes to downtown? Yeah great idea!

Or, how about we build taller buildings, put more people in them, and then they don't need a car AT ALL.

Central Park is surrounded by tall buildings, and it's doing just fine. Our parks here will, too. [/quote]

How about focusing on the public transport greenies love and building in the suburbs which could use a renewal/revival? There are a million programs and options for homebuying for DC government workers in this city, and tons of subsidies for low income. Do you realize that the current housing voucher is well above market value? Are there people on the waiting list? Sure. That will never be eradicated. DC doesnt have a special obligation to draw and house every low income person in the reinstate area. We dont have the infrastructure for that, or the taxpayer base. However, there are still plenty of areas to find affordable housing or build without going higher  - Anacostia is lovely and the true suburb in the city. Have you ever visited? Rolling hills and bungalows. Maybe the hipsters should put their mt. Pleasant group homes there  and bring in the coffee shops? Anyhow - its a tiny city with a tiny footprint. There is zero need for high rise in DC which is basically "the heart" of a massive tristate city. The surrounding suburbs dont have the same height rules, so go live there. Good thing Congress runs this city so Bowser has no hope. Viva Congress![/quote]

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