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[quote=Anonymous]NP. I think like many things there is a “middle ground” for missing middle (pun intended). Increasing density doesn’t necessarily need to consist of large apartment buildings. I think having a mix of duplexes, triplexes, and garden apartments would be nice to get a bit more variety in neighborhoods.

I live in Arlington in a desired school district, walkable to a metro station. I managed to buy pre-COVID at a low rate, which isn’t doable for families like mine anymore (dual fed GS-14s and we couldn’t afford to buy our house today). It feels unfair to completely pull up the ladder behind me while aLL around are $2-3M new builds. So now only the very wealthy have proximity to public transit and highly ranked schools.

I believe people of all income levels should have access to taxpayer-funded amenities. Of course there should be real capacity studies, not just rubber-stamping of reports and write offs for developers. I know we already have plenty of rainwater issues in the county and so we can’t encourage building to the lot lines. And I agree with a PP about limiting the number of vehicles that can be registered to an address (with actual enforcement of this).

But I would be totally fine with something other than 5k + SFHs going up all around me. Rich people have been using zoning codes to their benefit for decades now to hoard resources and I don’t think it’s right. Of course not everyone can be in their #1 zip code choice. However, if localities throughout the region relaxed zoning and also added amenities to lower income neighborhoods that are lacking them, it would ease some of the pressure.[/quote]

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