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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

The schools are bursting at the seams. Ridiculously irresponsible in a time of public health crisis brought on by density to advocate for this.
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The public health crisis is not "brought on by density," it's brought on by a virus.

[b]The schools are not "bursting at the seams."[/b] My kids' classes would be fine with another three or four kids in each one. Maybe it wouldn't be the 100 percent perfect ideal situation, but so what? Why am I entitled to 100 percent perfect if that means other people can't move here?[/quote]

Deal and Wilson both were at 108 percent capacity two years ago and have only gotten worse. Janney was at 105 percent capacity. Stoddert was at 137 percent capacity. Lafayette at 101 percent capacity.

https://thedcline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Wilson-Feeder-Pattern-Community-Working-Group-Summary-Report_February-2019_Final.pdf

That's the very definition of bursting at the seams. It's also incredibly unsafe, but since you're fine with it we should just accept it. Got it.[/quote]

I am accepting it -- my kids go to one of these "bursting" schools. We all have to make some sacrifices. Having larger class sizes so that more people are able to send their kids to excellent schools or live in a family-friendly neighborhood seems like a relatively minor one. [/quote]

Why don’t you ask the mayor where in her comprehensive plan is the requirement that significant new developments pay into a school and infrastructure fund to finance increased needs and demands?  This is what a number of localities in the US require.  But I’ll give you a hint:  you won’t find it, because the mayor won’t do anything to impact developer profits.  In fact, she and the DC Office of Planning (the definition of a captive agency) propose to delete an existing, pretty modest requirement in the comp plan, that impacts of development on public schools and infrastructure be considered during the planning and zoning process.[/quote]

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