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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sustainability? They're new houses and likely are much more energy efficient than most older houses. [/quote] this is quite off topic (mcmansion hell is about aesthetics) but this argument is stupid. The alternative to building a big new 6500 sq foot mcmansion is not building a 1500 sq ft 1950s rambler. No one is building the latter. Its building SMALLER new units. In many areas (esp in NoVa) the alternative, absent SFH only zoning, would be several more units on the lot - either THs or a multifamily building. That would provide more housing in desirable places (so helping with economic segregation, at least in some places) and with sustainability (fewer sq ft per person would be less energy per person, plus more people closer to transit/jobs)[/quote]
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