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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]

Yes, the suburbs are part of the DC region.  With almost 800,000 jobs in DC, DC's population would have to be  like 1.5 million at least to account for children, elderly and others not in the labor force - and thats assuming zero reverse commuters.

But that does not mean housing in DC is adequate. Its not.  As can be seen by high rents/prices, and continued gentrification.  And that is WITH large scale commuting (commuting that leads to dangers on DC streets, I might add)

Again, its not true that there are no height restrictions or other zoning limits in the suburbs.  but not sure why thats  relevant. Even if you could make room for everyone in the suburbs - that would mean more commuting - more pollution and danger.   More people with long commutes when people prefer short ones.  And a more economically homogeneous District, as it would be the poor and lower middles forced out.

When a little bit more height can avert some of that.

As for no cap, again that is why you do a build out analysis.  Eventually there will be a cap.

You could wait till that point is reached to change the height limit.  But buildings are long lived and expernsive to tear down and replace.

If today you replace a parking lot with a 15 story buildings and in the future you want a 20 story building instead, it may not be economical to replace the 15 story building.

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