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[quote=Anonymous][b]r apartment living culture to become ubiquitous there has to be very pricey RE per square foot, premium pricing on private homes, city centric employment centers, and sufficient density. DC has none of this and it's not happening any time soon, there will be pockets of families living temporarily or trying to save money and/or wanting urban lifestyle and fast commutes, those who live in some form of subsidized rent control situations or public housing, and those who are too poor to afford more space. The city is too residential and low rise, population is not crazy, burbs are too close, large luxury apartments that could lure families are too expensive compared with rowhomes and SFHs, still enough neighborhoods where housing is very inexpensive comparatively if you want to save and need space that are not too far out.[/b]

DC definitely has city centric employment centers.

The premium pricing on SFHs is what we are discussing. Someone said that DC is going to become child free because of gentrification.

Granted we are not there yet, at least for middle class families.  There are still affordable SFHs, EOTR, and depending on what state of repair you consider acceptable, and exactly what income we are talking about, a few other places.

Making more apts/condos more affordable with more supply would certainly help, and I think that is the direction much regional leadership wants to go in.

As for the suburbs, large parts of the suburbs inside the beltway are already out of reach for middle class folks to afford a SFH.  Which is why you now also see middle and UMC people with kids in apts/condos in there, especially in North Arlingon and Falls Church.  There is still PG County of course, and a few other places inside the beltway.

But again, my point was never that DC would become just like NYC.  It was that as SFHs in DC become more expensive, the way to make it possible for non rich families to afford to live in DC, is for apt/condo living to become more acceptable for families. I don't see anything in your post contradicting that, other than your optimism that SFHs in DC will remain affordable for a long time. 
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