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[quote=Anonymous][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]
It will.  Once the school’s are sub-par, the neighborhood has already been destroyed.  Adding in these additional ADUs will make a bad situation worse.

But if Granny has the money to stay and since she ha no kids in school, whether she leaves now or later probably does not make much difference.  [/quote]

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