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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Trickle-down gentrification" is a more apt term than "smart growth." [/quote]

Y'all need to make up your mind.

IF building more housing on top of Metro stations is gentrification because it will become an attractive area where lots of people want to live, THEN people want more housing on top of Metro stations, AND we should allow more to be built.

IF few people want to live in housing on top of Metro stations, THEN builders won't build housing on top of Metro stations, AND it won't cause gentrification.

So, which is it?[/quote]

The point is few people currently want to ride Metro, so the argument that we MUST build on top of Metro in DC is stupid. Spread mixed income development throughout the city, which has great bus lines. Ah, but the developers don't want to do that $$$$$[/quote]

If you think the city has great bus lines, you are either commuting at 6 AM or WFH pre-pandemic.[/quote]

DC has great bus lines, though they could be further approved. WMATA is currently shifting resources to them due to low metro ridership and increased interest in bus.[/quote]

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