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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is physically impossible for all of us to live in DTSS or wherever is "allowed" to live and walk to work.

And even if we could (we cant), [b]should the rest of the county just be a barren wasteland[/b]?   Should we all have to live within walking distance to our jobs?  Good luck with that. [/quote]

Wait what?  Upcounty used to be productive farmland that generated local produce for us to eat that didn't need to be shipped across the country while doubling as open space that absorbed rain water and for good measure required minimal roads or other county infra to support.

Now it is all paved over or covered with suburban tract homes with heavily fertilized lawns and criss-crossed by planet killing roads that everyone has to use to even do the most mundane daily tasks.

So which version of the upper county is a barren wasteland?[/quote]

People (like myself) couldnt afford to live in Silver Spring, TP, or anywhere else that is preferred.  So we moved out farther.   And upcounty wasnt just going to be a farmland forever, or the "rainwater absorber for the county".  No, thank you.   So we have jobs, and schools, and houses, and infrastructure as well.   And we are allowed to.

The barren wasteland comment was to answer "what would happen if we all were just living in the "preferred" zip codes.  It's not only unrealistic, but would render the other sprawled areas some sort of tumbleweeds. [/quote]

What?   Maybe you aren't making much money because you aren't very smart.

The downcounty zoning that prevents more density is why housing down county is so expensive and exlusive - loosen that zoning to allow more density and prices down county would in fact be less expensive.

Alternately attach the cost of the needed infra (new schools, roads, sewers) and the ongoing higher costs of up county life (busing, road maintenance and clearing, higher first responder costs etc) to the cost of up county homes and suddenly those homes wouldn't actually be affordable at all and again that is still leaving off the costs of somehow coming up with 10 billion dollars to widen 270 and all of the hidden negative externalities.

The developers of new up county homes live in an almost libertarian world where anything goes and they can profit while passing off some of their costs on others while the new residents live in a socialist utopia where others cover the costs of their artificially inexpensive housing costs.

Meanwhile our planet burns so Joe Germantown can have a house with a yard and 2 SUVs in the driveway and sit in traffic on 270 for 90 minutes every day.[/quote]

I see we are having a normal one here.

Now Im stupid and dont make money, ok.  And apparently live in some mcmansion with 2 SUVs too.   (Not my townhouse and 1 hybrid Camry, and a rav4).

I'm all for more zoning in downcounty.   But what was I supposed to do?  Rent an apartment for 20 years and hope that happens?

Some of you guys are just unreal, and this tone doesnt win any arguments. [/quote]

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