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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t care if some developer wants to build more of the same generic-looking upmarket apartments like are going up around Upper NW Washington.  But it ticks me off that DC would be taking public assets to create an even more profitable opportunity for some developer to do more of the same.  Say no to the Chevy Chase giveaway.[/quote]

The city is taking its own airights to provide affordable housing. There isn't a "giveaway" - the developer is putting up money to build the units and will recoup that money over time.[/quote]

Again, no one wants this apart from the developer, the mayor who is enriched by the developer and some bike bros who think greater density will help their cause. [/quote]

There are thousands of your neighbors who support this. Why are you marginalizing their voices?[/quote]

Thousands of our neighbors? Or thousands of random people who claimed to be neighbors but actually lives miles away?

As someone in the area, I do not know any of my neighbors actually in the area that support this corrupt gift to private developers. Everyone I have talked to in real life have been solidly against this boondoggle, ranging from mildly annoyed about the loss of public land to private interests, to having already put their house on the market due to the project, and everywhere in between.

Sure, some might not be loudly up in arms about it, and for a small portion it might only be seen as a mild inconvenience, but despite claims on here to the contrary,[b] I have yet to meet someone from the neighborhood in real life who is even mildly supportive of the project.[/b] Hell, even the older lady who was knocking on doors in support of the project on our street was from some church in SW DC, not local. I’m not sure how they thought that was okay, but just goes to show how little DC cares about local residents’ opinion.[/quote]

Um. [/quote]

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