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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd agree with up zoning, but only if they build luxury condos and apartments.  We need to drive as much poverty out of the city as we can in order to make it better and not do things that will import more of it. Silver Spring, for example, could get rid of so much crime if it had a baseline for rent well over $2000+ per month. Kinda hard for gang members and other trash to destroy an area if they can't afford to move there in.thenfiret place. [/quote]

Well congratulations, poster who should have noted sarcasm but didn't to set up a strawman!

The kind of development likely to be built won't be attainable by those who can't pay $2k/mo, and won't be supporting true altruism toward those with low incomes.  However, it sure will bring additional residents without providing the infrastructure to support them, and, unfortunately, that under-servicing will tend to drive existing residents with higher means, modestly or otherwise, disproportionately out (and disproportionately keep those with such means from deciding to move in).  So, not really poverty, but definitely not improvement.[/quote]
I just don’t get it. Basically the economic growth strategy for the county is based on building more urbanized housing to benefit a bedroom community with high quality schools. As this strategy has played out, they intentionally have overtaxed roads and overcrowded schools while creating no jobs. People who want to and can afford to live close to employment centers and don’t like overcrowded schools and traffic are moving away, replaced by less affluent people with fewer options. The claimed housing was necessary to expand the tax base but in fact increases the drag on county resources leading to further tax increases. Planning, who have had a huge role instigating this negative feedback loop, just keep doubling down on their failure and at their worst, present their failures as success. We’re not getting poorer thanks to them, they have successfully made the county more economically diverse. Increased poverty is because bad and racist NIMBYs oppose zoning “missing middle” zoning changes that their own analysis finally had to admit would not be affordable. But since they are so stuck on form, they’re now calling it “attainable”. [b]And why are they stuck on “missing middle”?[/b] Because they spend too much time online and want likes and retweets on social media and the opportunity to win a plastic door stopper at a conference. [/quote]

Why do you think people shouldn't have the choice to live in a duplex, triplex, or small apartment building?[/quote]
Why is a duplex or triplex so important to you over a multi family apartment building that delivers more housing at a lower cost per unit? It’s so stupid.

You all talk about Europe when it suits you. “Missing middle” is not a housing form anywhere in Europe that delivers walkable neighborhoods. It’s all midrise multi family, interspersed with some high rise multifamily.[/quote]

I'm for large multi-unit buildings. I'm also for small and very small multi-unit buildings. Why do you think people in the US should not be allowed to have the choice to live in small or very small multi-unit buildings?

If your point is that only large multi-unit buildings should be allowed because they deliver more housing at lower cost per unit (which is not necessarily true), well, that's an argument for banning detached single-unit housing. Your point, not mine.[/quote]

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