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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of people from Takoma Park are for Thrive and are Nimby. They want upzoning, just not in their precious historic district. It’s the very definition of NIMBY.[/quote]

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I don't live in Takoma Park, but I probably share a lot of their values (sue me), politically.  However, "thrive" was a bridge too far, and a poorly engineered and constructed one at that.  This is not progressive policy, it's performative masochism. Somehow my fellow D's got talked buying this YIMBY BS as some sort of economic reparations plan to compensate people with lower incomes at their own expense in the form of ruined neighborhoods and decreased property values and quality of life.  They actively want to end SFH zoning...it's an afront to them and they will go to whatever silly lengths to end it, no matter how little economic or social sense that it actually makes.  I've posted here before that the best thing I can do to educate the generate public about their plans is to point them to their actual words.  I beg anyone that's curious to simply search for YIMBY Montgomery County on Facebook  so that you can read their moody teenage rants for yourself.[/quote]

They only want to end SFH in YOUR neighborhoods, but not theirs. Go look up how many people on the council live in protected 'historic' 'hoods that will be immune from Thrive.  Rockville will also be immune from Thrive.  Basically, they mostly target poor and middle class people all over Silver Spring yet again for Thrive while many on the council and rich people will be immune from it because they live in protected zones. It's absurd. Thrive should directly target and start in Takoma Park first. Make the council put their money with their mouths are and build a multistory complex right next to their 'historic' homes in TP.[/quote]

Obviously you have not been to Takoma Park. There are apartments all over the place tucked into the SFH neighborhoods.[/quote]

It has been 40 years since Takoma Park added an apartment building. Why? NIMBYism, sometimes masquerading as well-intentioned progressive policies. But still NIMBYism. [/quote]
Even worse, Takoma Park has added a grand total of two housing units within a mile of the Metro station in the two decades. [/quote]

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