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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, do we have an agreement on what constitutes a "middle-income" home?

Here is a link to what used to be a typical a middle-income home - 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths - and quite similar to the one I grew up in during my early childhood. Dad was a college graduate and professional who commuted to DC from Silver Spring (and this was way before the Metro: think in terms of Mom driving him to the bus stop, and him having to make two transfers), and costs $425,000. It has a nice backyard for the kids to play. So....do we agree that this is a decent middle-income home, or do the high-earning "elites" on this forum look their nose down on it?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/13200-May-Ct-Silver-Spring-MD-20906/37308032_zpid/?[/quote]

Or, here's another one, in the same general area. This is how all the middle-class kids I grew up with lived:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3930-Wendy-Ln-Silver-Spring-MD-20906/37308239_zpid/[/quote]

Either of those are typically $650,000 in my suburban Virginia neighborhood. That's middle class right?[/quote]
Nope, $650,000 is fairly affluent. And that's what they go for in my suburban Virginia neighborhood, too, so I know all about it.

But the point was the posters have been complaining that there isn't enough middle-income housing, and I was showing that there ARE middle-income houses in the area. It's just that middle-income people might have to move to Silver Spring where the houses can be had for $400,000. I see some of them in areas of Rockville, as well - the 1950s style ranchers and split-levels. What's so bad about having to move to where you can afford a house?[/quote]

i think you are missing the sense of entitlement that many proponents here have.  They want affordable housing in the most expensive neighborhoods in Ward 3.  Yeh, and I want an affordable condo on the top floor of the Wharf of the Potomac.  Simple answer is that the proponents need to get a life, or make more money.  More thoughtful approach is to improve other neighborhoods in DC.
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Agree. Why not move to PG? There's lots of affordable housing over there.[/quote]

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