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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So to the people living in Wheaton, Rockville, and other areas [b]where this is going to destroy neighborhoods[/b], what would you suggest my mother do? She's elderly, and really does not want to sell the house. But she and and I see firsthand what has become of this formerly (upper) middle class neighborhood, and the property values. Should I encourage her to sell? It's a very nice house - 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, finished basement, hardwood floors throughout, updated bathrooms and kitchen, but they're barely getting $450,000. One house sold for $325,000 (not a typo), but it had been rented out to single men for years, and it was probably completely trashed.[/quote]

It won't.

But yes, she should sell the house, so that she's not living by herself in a four-bedroom house where she has to drive to get anywhere. The older you get, the less sustainable that way of life is - and the harder it is to move.

Have you considered a granny flat for her in your own home? Either a basement apartment, or a little house in the back yard.[/quote]

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