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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's wonderful how rich people can buy a large plot, do what they want with it, then virtue signal on social media.[/quote]

This dude is my new favorite rabbit hole.

First off, $4m house from running a daycare?  is that typical? i thought daycare workers were paid so little because there is so little money after running the business?

Second, he is now out of that gig and an "entrepreneur" -- with no mention of his new business, though I suspect it's "real estate mogul wannabe".

Finally, let's say people did get sus about his families designs for such a huge property -- does anyone know if they have moved in or started renovation or anything, or if they just bought it waiting for MM to be passed?  No one would ever assume someone is a worker on a property unless they climbed out of a landscaping truck with a landscaping polo on -- its 2023 and Arlington is way to woke for that.  But how did the newspaper even find these owners to get these racy quotes??  Are they going around complaining about their new neighbors to the newspapers? How did they even get interviewed for the story?[/quote]

Many people around here are loaded. Not sure why you're questioning the finances of this particular couple. Who met each other in law school.

The author of the article seems to be following missing middle & other local real estate news. He has written about this property *and* local racism before so not surprising that he's following up on it. 
https://www.fcnp.com/author/charlie-clark/
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Sure maybe he’s wealthy, [b]but from daycare[/b] — which famously underpay their workers. [/quote]

You are sure making a lot of assumptions about this couple. Why do you assume it's the husband who is wealthy? Why do you assume it's just from daycare? 
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No one assumes the $ are solely from daycare profits.  The main point of reviewing what can be built on the 1.17 acre lot is the fact that the ARL persons in charge had no common sense on lot size and what can be built by right zoning.  From number of units to access, parking, vehicle count.[/quote]

PP was definitely making assumptions about who was wealthy and why.

They are presumably both attorneys given that they met in law school. There are a billion wealthy attorneys in Arlington. Interesting that the PP is questioning how this particular couple gained their wealth.

Zoning is a different topic than the comments above. [/quote]

I'm not surprised two rich attorneys marketed their palatial development as some anti-racist production. Gets them good press and ensures neighbors and the county are pre-emptively racist in case they dare to complain. [/quote]

Neighbors can complain all they want. The couple can do many things here by right. 
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Right but if your new townhouse development is protested vehemently by the neighbors, future buyers will see that press and be hesitant to buy

Calling neighbors racist is probably dicey too, but the stink of buying one of the hated townhomes will depress the value. [/quote]

“Vehemently protesting” how exactly?

Cranky old Karens putting up lawn signs? Nothing they can do that won’t harm themselves more. 
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If any part of this sort is remotely true, would you want to buy into a neighborhood where most of the people hated you?

Anyway, the owner just sounds like a fledgling developer with a good story.  In practice, in super desirable areas you’d think that the neighbors would band together to outbid outside developers on properties for the sake of neighborhood integrity.

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There is no shortage of buyers in lower price ranges. I’m sure they’ll find enough who can look past cranky lawn signs. [/quote]

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