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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's a lot of room for policies in between "let's make parts of D.C. denser than they are now to improve long-term sustainability and boost housing affordability" and "let's make all of D.C. as dense as New York City." This is a straw man argument at heart (so naturally, it's gone on for 42 pages and counting...).[/quote]

Parts of DC are already more densely populated than parts of NYC. [/quote]

And those are not the parts that are likely being targeted for increased density. [/quote]

So why should Great neighborhoods like Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park and AU Park be “targeted” for increased density ?![/quote]

I live in AU Park and think we could easily accommodate significantly more density without losing any of the characteristics that make the neighborhood great, let alone without worrying about safety. If every block had one or two 4-unit apartment buildings where there's now a single-family house, my life wouldn't change a bit, but a lot more people would be able to afford to live here. [/quote]

AU Park is already skated to get hundreds of new residences at the so-called ladybird.  Janney, after two additions, is overcrowded.  Hopefully the developer is paying several million into an escrow fund for school expansion![/quote]

If you ever want to make the GGW crowd go silent, ask them for their plans for *after* adding all this density. Like, what about the already overcrowded schools? Or the pretty lousy bus system in Upper NW -- with many lines seemingly on the WMATA chopping block on an annual basis -- how is that going to handle all these new residents? Who's going to pay for improvements to all that?

I confronted David Alpert about all this at an event once and his stammering non-response was hilarious. He basically ran away from me and hid.[/quote]

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