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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP again. For instance, in Bethesda and Chevy Chase, old houses get sold as tear downs. New, bigger houses go up in their place. Affordability declines but the neighborhood, by some measures, gets "nicer".

Do the changes discussed in the report mean that more of these tear downs are going to be rebuilt as duplexes, triplexes and small apartment buildings? In the middle of what otherwise are suburban single family neighborhoods? If so, how can we tell if our house, street falls into such a (re) zone?[/quote]

Yes, so the developer who buys the older house will either build a giant one that he can sell for $3M+ in these nicer neighborhoods or a fourplex he can sell for $1M+ per unit, making the neighborhood now more “attainable” because a family can buy in at $1M vs $3M. But none of it is affordable. [/quote]

Exactly.  And your new neighbors will have 4x number of vehicles, somewhere, and 4x number of kids going to local schools, the existing utilities will be expected to cover all this new demand.   5 new homes have gone up on our our suburban block, that is within 1 mile of the metro, in the last 10 years.    5 families lived in the prior homes, and 5 different ones now live in these newer homes.     The block would be vastly different (and much more crowded (just like the street and school bus stop and classrooms) if instead 20 new families were added to the block over this time.  [/quote]

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