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[quote=Anonymous]I agree it’s not great. I have friends retirees who have time on their hands and big voices and they care about the area because they are natives and have extended families in the area and they do their part to stop and alter development where they can. One such successful effort is often discussed here.

They are successfully Advocating for green space and less density in development in my little corner.

But I think this area suffers from too many transplants who don’t care what it looks like 50 years from now, because they don’t think they will be here.

So FFX govt has no incentive to take urban planning seriously. They changed laws that required developers to provide concessions in exchange for zoning changes to build baby build.

So what you are looking at is infill run amuck.

Yes it’s ugly but it doesn’t affect the entire area. There are plenty of nice areas.

They just tend to be the older more established formally upper middle class areas.

Re that area of FFX, not really Vienna, has seen a lot of development because it was basically industrial office park, land set aside because it was contaminated, or old houses or private business/clubs on large plots of land.

They are fairly new neighborhoods and the land is pricy so they cram cheap large builds on small lots.

Other areas being developed particularly in Vienna were smaller middle class neighborhoods, everyone wants to live in Vienna, so North Vienna was available, 600k tear downs on 1/4 acre lots.

Again that’s pricey for land so, up goes the ugly McCraftman/McFarmhouse box.

You walked for two hours in the heart of infill country. It’s certainly not all of FFX. [/quote]

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