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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think we lack housing in the DC area. [/quote]
The prices would tell you otherwise.

DC has more sqft parkland per person than almost any city in America. The idea that it should be off limits to talk about how to better utilize this land to make housing more affordable is baffling. [/quote]

NP and I also don’t think there is a lack of housing in DC.  There is a lack of housing that MC families want- which are flipped free standing houses with backyards.  There are tons of new construction going on in Navy Yard, NOMA, lots of underdeveloped land on St. Elizabeth’s Campus, lots of empty office and former retail buildings, etc.  People just want specific things and therefore pay 850,000 for a flipped 3 bedroom rowhouse in Brightwood.[/quote]
If families cannot afford to live in the city within reasonable proximity to jobs, then what kind of city is that?

DC should be a city for everyone, including working families. And putting a limited amount of housing on the abundant parkland may be an opportunity to make the city more liveable for everyone.[/quote]

Should Pacific Palisades or Potomac be for everyone?[/quote]

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