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huh, so in your version of reality, it's a GOOD thing that the people who own real estate in PG County right now won't be able to enjoy the fruits of appreciation?  Who do you think gets all of that appreciation when neighborhoods gentrify?  And why do you assume that gentrification means displacement?  And of course, gentrification and affordable housing are two separate topics.  [/quote]

There is a difference between healthy levels of appreciation—such that matches the growing economy and incomes of the region, and apprecification—which drives out longtime residents and destroys existing communities. Appreciation is fine, apprecification is not. Homes are meant for living, not for generating income. You want more income? Then use your own advice and “work harder” for a higher gs position and stop taking the lazy route by cutting into communities full of people who are working hard to be where they live, while you mooch off their communities “investments.” And again, it’s not the 1990s and early 2000s anymore. People are much more politically aware now, and they’re already fighting back. They’re noticing these premature signs, and they’re ringing the bells in their communities and to their local politicians. If you’re going to be so NIMBY in western burbs and feel entitled for the world to work around you and protect the value of your free income, then don’t get mad when other communities want to protect what they worked for from grinch fingers.  Also, why are you asking me why I “assume” that gentrification means displacement? Do you know what the definition of it is? Because that’s exactly what it is.

Arlington, Silver Spring, and Takoma Park have apprecified. The inner-burbs of PG County are some of the last remaining places inside of the beltway that haven’t been gentrified, but they’re at high-risk of becoming gentrified, and have already started the premature stages of becoming gentrified. This is especially true for suburbs that are going to be along the new purple line (New Carrollton, Langely Park, etc). If you push these poor and working-class residents, don’t expect to have bus drivers, grocery store employees, janitors, maintenance workers, and other employees that support privileged lifestyles, because I promise you, they’re not going to come and support you when they’ve been pushed all the way out to Upper Marlboro and Charles County. There’s plenty of those jobs there. [/quote]

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