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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wasn't a 'yimby' until I saw the hell by neighbor had to go to replace his deck that was built in ~1970. Another neighbor made it his life work to prevent that from happening.

IT WAS A LITTLE DECK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

I think the reaction 'nimbys' get is since they've really started overreaching.[/quote]

Speaking of decks, the Bowser Administration is forcing Rodman’s on Wisconsin Ave. to dismantle an outdoor platform that was installed outside this independent, family-owned business that has served NW Washington for sixty years or so.  At the same time, the DC government is happy to see unregulated, ratty streeteries remain, even in Wisconsin Ave. and also seems to jump through hoops whenever a large chain wants some government favor.  Some speculate that the Bowser Administration at the behest of interested developers would just as well see Rodman’s forced to close so that the site can be developed for “vibrant, dense-mixed use.”[/quote]

I heard the problem with the platform was that they didn't have a permit for it (and maybe it wasn't a permissible use, not sure). I live close by and had no problem with whatever they were planning to do there. Your speculation about someone forcing Rodman's to close as a favor to developers notwithstanding, objecting to something like a deck is usually the sort of thing that's associated with NIMBY positions in urban politics.

Personally, I would prefer changing exclusionary zoning and allowing people to build more densely in neighborhoods like mine, but I'd also strongly favor city-built affordable housing in wealthy neighborhoods rather than having developers build small amounts of it at a profit here and there. I think if you had to categorize that position, it'd be broadly YIMBY, but since everyone here is convinced anyone who wants to change the current land-use policies in D.C. is also a stalking horse for developers, I don't know that I'd fit there, since if it were up to me, building housing wouldn't be something that the market was primarily in charge of.[/quote]

Any developer would view Rodman's as a local amenity, and highlight it in their sales brochures anyway.  Even if the parcel were redeveloped, I predict Rodman's stays.[/quote]

Rodman's will definately remain in the neighborhood, but they would have to move or close while the building they are in is redeveloped.[/quote]

Not sure that's true, but at any rate, has anyone heard of any plans to redevelop that building? They just redid the facade last year. Seems like it'd be much easier to buy some of the parking lot from the funeral home next door (or the huge empty field behind Rodman's) and develop that than it would be to redevelop the building Rodman's is in. Of course, most of my neighbors would oppose development on the parking lot or the field...[/quote]

True.  Parking lots are so passé in Smart DC Urbana.  People going to the funeral home can just take scooters and e-bikes.  And the Friendship Heights Metro is not far.[/quote]

If the funeral home sold part of the lot, I’m sure it would be because they decided they didn’t need it. There’s also ample street parking. Might development of the space near me make it marginally harder for me to find parking on the street right in front of my house? Yes. Do I think that’s a good reason to oppose development nearby? No. But at any rate, my point was not “develop the parking lot!”, it was that there’s no reason for anyone to redo the Rodman’s building when there’s empty space all around it. [/quote]
I like how folks like to make grand plans about other peoples property. [/quote]

That’s actually precisely my point — if someone wants to develop that site, or not, it should be up to them, not to people like me who live nearby. [/quote]
I look forward to your success so that I can open a nightclub next to your residence.[/quote]

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