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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family made the opposite choice -- to live in a historic district.  I agree that the city is big enough to have both to give people choices.[/quote]

The same.  We value having a historic district in the neighborhood.  And when we renovated and enlarged our house the process was not burdensome at all.[/quote]

The hysteria from the people opposed to historic designation is rather astounding. It really isn't that big of a deal, and frankly, it generally improves the overall quality of home renovations.[/quote]

It’s like saying I was planning to buy a Mercedes anyway, so what’s the big deal if everyone has to buy a Mercedes…it’s a better car anyway.

I don’t know…maybe because historic district windows (as just one example) can easily run $40,000+ for a whole house window replacement vs $20,000 for top vinyl windows.  Oh, and absolutely nobody cares about those vinyl windows.  How do I know…because a number of people sending in letters supporting the district have 100% vinyl windows…which look nice…ands again, nobody cares.

So, how to reconcile the hypocrisy of those that have already made all their non-HPO approved modifications as they smugly now try to impose those on the rest of us.[/quote]

How quaint. A house in Chevy Chase costs no less than a million dollars. The extra 20k for actually good windows is pocket change at those rates.[/quote]

Tell that to an elderly homeowner that purchased their home for $50k back in 1970.

Also, the historic district windows are no better…because modern vinyl windows are equivalent quality at much less cost.

Hence, why people even that support the historic district, don’t actually spend the “pocket change” to purchase historic district windows for their own homes.  Wonder why?[/quote]

Do you really think that the DC development lobby is pulling out all the stops to defeat a Chevy Chase historic district for the freedom to buy cheaper vinyl windows?   :lol: [/quote]

I think the historic district lobby (again you are so tired) actually cares more about imposing their design guidelines on their neighbors than any of the major issues they claim to be protecting.[/quote]

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