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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For some reason my quote button disappeared, but for PP who would be happy in an apartment building given space to build a boat and bike im the woods...hahahahaha. No, you wouldn't be happy, those are far suburbs or rural requirements.

Fortunately, most of the rest of what you want can be accomplished with rowhomess or multi-unit buildings with outdoor space, and a lot of peole are willing to compromise a bit on their wants for location or affordability (e.g. i wanted a garage or shed, we don't have space, but I'll live). I really do think zoning for more of these in close-in areas with good schools is a great idea. I don't understand why having mixed housing types in a nice neighborhood automatically makes it a worse neighborhood. [/quote]

Agreed! I don’t even think it would depress home values because the value of SFHs on larger lots would likely go up if developers knew they could subdivide them and sell multiple units out of them.

Plus the generalized fear of having neighbors from a lower SES class is ridiculous at best and racist at worse. As though people people trying to buy small, affordable homes in good school districts are going to rob you or something. They are embracing YOUR values by wanting to live in your neighborhood. They are trying to buy in. What threat do they pose?[/quote]

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