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[quote=Anonymous]Huge SFHs are already replacing bungalows in Del Ray. This zoning change just makes it possible to replace them with something other than giant SFHs. Do nothing and it will all be McMansions. As the PP stated, the mix of housing is why Del Ray is so popular - and because it's currently illegal to replicate that style of living elsewhere, so expensive.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Failing schools, imploding commercial real estate, and murders are not quite enough to destroy Alexandria, so the Council is a freight train about to vote on Tuesday to eliminate all SFH zoning.  Yay. [/quote]

Hooray!

Don't worry, OP, they are not eliminating detached one-unit residential buildings. They are simply eliminating zoning that bans everything except detached one-unit residential buildings. Property owners - like you - will now have more options for your property.[/quote]

The developers have more options and the economy of scale favors apartment buildings so that's what will be built. If you bought a SFH in a neighborhood of SFHs, tough luck. This will destroy the charm of Del Ray.[/quote]

But Del Ray is already one of the most architecturally diverse areas in the city. You can have an apartment complex next to single family homes next to a duplex. It's one of the few things that I find appealing about Del Ray. [/quote][/quote]

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