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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People move to SFH neighborhoods specifically to have space.  They are going to ruin the entire county until it is paved concrete jungle like Tokyo and we all get to live in sh!tty 400 sqft apts.

But hey, at least the crappy chipotle down the street is walkable.  I can’t wait until this stupendously backfires and everyone with means (by and large part home owners) flees because all of the upzoning imports tons of poverty and trashy people into the county.  Gee, you mean it sucks when your neighborhood street has 30000 cars parked all over because each triplex houses 20 people all with their own cars?

R.I.P. MoCo.  Howard and AA Counties looking more attractive by the day.  [/quote]

Did you know that most Dupont circle SFH are now multi unit condos? They converted old victorian homes with many bedrooms into subdivided smaller condos. Is Dupont circle a trashy place? Also, why shouldn’t poor people live near wealthy people? Why should the government allow wealthy people to isolate themselves through government policy? Why not let the market decide?[/quote]

Do you remember when those conversions started in the 70s and into the 80s?  How Dupont Circle became a dump?  How the "nice" properties there were only those that were embassy- and NGO-operated?  How it took a decade afterwards of gentrification to bring it back towards a desirable place to be?  How that, in sequence, permeated through Adams Morgan and beyond?

Some of those places have re-established themselves as desirable and enjoyable locations.  Of course, all those that are are no longer "attainable," and those who lived there from the transition towards cut-up housing through gentrification spent 15-20 [i]years[/i] (or more) with the negative consequences.  Worked out for developers and landlords, though...

Seriously, find us a comparable situation where things got better [i]for those then living[/i] in the areas affected by such zoning change.[/quote]

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