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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county council cramming this down our throats is such hypocrisy. Check out Will Jawando's house.

17329 Avenleigh Dr, Ashton MD

[url]https://www.redfin.com/MD/Ashton/17329-Avenleigh-Dr-20861/home/10729459[/url]

This is "public service".[/quote]

He needs to. Put a multiplex on that! [/quote]

He needs to build a community of tiny homes. But no, he prefers to be a hypocrite. Maybe he can start whining about how his kid didn't win the Spanish immersion lottery again.[/quote]

You realize that you are now sounding like the people who were crying that anybody who wasn't willing to have immigrants stay in their own homes should stop talking about how they were being treated, right?  Or that anybody who flies in an airplane can stop complaining about the environmental crisis?[/quote]

No, that’s not what this post sounds like. It’s about a politician who is a hypocrite. Nice house for me, not for thee. People in small houses with small footprint will pay the price, not people in McMansions. Regressive policy.[/quote]

Explain the hypocrisy here.  And explain it in a way that distinguishes it from any politician, or person for that matter, who advocates for policies that help people in circumstances that they do not place themselves in.[/quote]

The hypocrisy has been explained to you and it’s blatant. You clearly work for developers. You are not just a citizen. [/quote]

It is not hypocritical to live in a SFH and still believe that there should be an option to build different types of units.  It just isn't.

This is like saying it is hypocritical to own a luxury car but believe that the industry should produce more affordable vehicles.[/quote]

No, that is not the point they are making. It is hypocritical because they are unwilling to live the urbanist lifestyle their policies promote. They are pulling up the ladder behind them now that they own houses in leafy single-family neighborhoods. This policy will drive up the value of their homes by reducing the supply of single-family houses. [b]They expect everyone else to live in sub-1500 sq foot quadplexes without parking,[/b] but they choose to live in million-dollar 6000+ sq ft houses in neighborhoods that won't be impacted by the zoning changes they are pushing on the community. If most of this progressive county council is not interested in living the lifestyle promoted by their own policies, why should we believe that this is the right direction for the county? The planning commission did not even research what housing types residents want to live or what lifestyles residents want! If their own lifestyle choices are any indication of what most residents want in MOCO, then this policy is a terrible decision for the county. There are plenty of condos in walkable locations throughout MOCO, but almost none of these people making decisions on behalf of voters want to live in one. [b]Expand housing affordability by zoning to increase the supply of single-family homes[/b]. Don't bother with this nonsense that reduces the supply of the housing type with the highest level of demand and pushes residents to become permanent renters in small apartment units. [/quote]

They are not saying that everybody needs to "live that lifestyle".  They are saying there should be more opportunities for people to live that lifestyle.

Just like Jawando will be able to continue living in his large SFH, so will you if you choose to.

On the bolded, I'm curious what that would look like.  Do you have any ideas?[/quote]

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