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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The is a complete waste of money and it will bankrupt MD. Virginia is not not stupid enough to subsidize this mistake. We will not contribute extra to cover the fiscal shortfall from Marylands irresponsible financial decisions. There is no political will to bail out MD here, so good luck everyone else. [/quote]

Ummm Virginia just spent even more more money extending Metrorail out to Dulles and Alexandria just spent another $450 million on an infill Metro station.[/quote]

Virginia spent money on extending Metrorail to connect quickly growing job centers to transit. They’ll easily get a return on the investment. What quickly growing job centers is the Purple Line connecting?[/quote]

Really - do you not live in lower Montgomery County?

Bethesda in fact is rapidly densifying as is Silver Spring and College Park is also a significant economic hub in the state and all 3 are drowning in cars and congestion even post Covid.

What is laughable is that elsewhere in this thread someone complained about Chevy Chase Land company making money - well guess what - Chevy Chase land company building lots of new multi-unit housing generates lots of tax revenue for the county and state and since folks in multi-unit buildings tend to have few kids they pay more in taxes than they receive in services.

So yeah Maryland and MoCo are in fact getting a return on this investment - please go check out what has already been built adjacent to the PL in Bethesda and at Chevy Chase Lake.[/quote]

How much commercial space are Bethesda and Silver Spring planning to add because of the Purple Line? How many jobs will be added as a result? [/quote]

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