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[quote]NY has height and tons of people still commute into the city. [/quote]

1.  NY has a LOT more jobs than DC has.     2.   The goal is not to have NO ONE commuting into the District, but to not force more people to do so.

[b]Why are cities obligated to house everyone who wants to live in them - [/b]

Never said they were. Just that an arbitrary limit on housing that forces more people out, is a bad thing.

[b]especially one with a tiny footprint like ours, [/b]

I am not sure why the number of acres in the District is relevant to the height limit.  How does fewer acres make it more difficult to have buildings a few stories taller than now allowed?

[quote]that was originally envisioned not to even have residents, [/quo
Er what?  There were residents in the District BEFORE it was the federal district (in Georgetown mostly) The L'Enfant plan envisioned more people living in the District.  That is why it planned far more streets than were needed for federal buildings.

[quote]in which essentially PG country, Chevy Chase, Arlington etc are interwoven extensions of our city? They work here, we work there.[/quote]

Yes, and all those places AND DC need to contribute to dealing with the regional housing shortage.  DC in particular is worried about displacement of long time DC residents.

[quote]... Anacostia is a total untapped suburb too.[/quote]

Untapped?  Plentyh of people live there now.

[quote]There are plenty of ways to smart grow dc and the tristate by creating different kinds of zones and feels . Bowser's vision of a post apolocalyptic concrete jungle DC of skyscrapers [/quote]

Er without seeing a proposal - how much height (could just add a few stories to the current limit) or how widespread (you could just do it in a few selected places) how can you say that? Its very much a straw man.  BTW, who calls it the tristate?   Its either the DMV or greater Washington.  Are you from NYC?

[quote]throughout all 4 wards is not what people want. [/quote]

DC has 8 wards.  You really are not from DC, are you?

[quote]They want lifestyle choices.[/quote]

I don't see how the height limit is needed for that.  Lots of cities that do not have height limits still have lifestyle choices.

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My point is that essentially, because of it's small size and original design of the founders, the suburbs are part of DC AND serve its housing needs. They also have no height restrictions,  so... win-win. There is no cap on housing in the city. Its growing . But why should there be an artificial expectation that every person who wants to live in the city can, as you say?[/quote]

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