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So, you don't like the area you live in, and that's why you doubt the sincerity of people who say they want to add housing in it? Or, you do like the area you live in, but you don't want other people to live in it unless they have a lot of money?[/quote]

I love the neighborhood I live in and I want more people to live here. It's a great mixed income neighborhood now but I know that any development will be for people with a lot of money. I think we should upzone every place that's close to transit though, and I find it curious the YIMBYs aren't interested in upzoning all neighborhoods, just the fancy ones. That very neatly aligns with developers' goals.[/quote]

Developers would be perfectly happy to redevelop poorer neighborhoods, since it would make acquiring land and buildings to develop much cheaper (and allow them to sell for more upside down the line). [/quote]

So what's stopping them from doing that now? Or are they already doing that now? Please explain.[/quote]

They are already doing that, yes. Have you ever been to places like Shaw, Petworth, Columbia Heights, H Street, Trinidad, Brentwood, Brookland, etc., etc.?[/quote]

Those are the "poorer neighborhoods"? It's 2021, not 1991.[/quote]

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