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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Basically, transportation for millions of people is come to a grinding halt just because some rich a$$holes are mad they'll get a train near their backyard, and are feigning concerns for the environment.  Somehow I think of that made the line go through poorer neighborhoods they wouldn't block it.

This just shows you the astounding entitlement and racism in MoCo's wealither parts. The good ol boy system is alive and well in Chevy Chase. Gotta keep those brown people in PG, because they might increase crime in our neighborhoods!  Maybe you shouldn't have bought a home in one of the most densely populated and congested areas of the country while expecting ridiculous suburb accommodations like gigantic SFH, plenty of parking for your 4th car, and urban amenities that are still walkable. They need to steamroll giant locamotives and build section 8 housing in Chevy Chase to break up the good ole boy club. [/quote]

What?!?!?   So by your rationale any nice, wealthy city in America deserves to be destroyed?  Why?

What’s with all the accusations of racism?  [/quote]

Stop bullsh*tting us.  We all know a huge reason CC and Bethesda don't want faster and more efficient transport from east to west and vice versa is because they don't want all of those brown people in their neighborhoods coming over from PG.  Fine, if CC wants to block public transportation that could help.poorer people get jobs, well then they can shoulder more of the burden for breaking up poverty and need more diversification. HUD looks for areas that are too white all of the time to force building of affordable housing for low income people. Time to build it in CC if they're going to gum up the purple line and waste hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on frivolous lawsuits. [/quote]

"HUD looks for areas that are [b]too white[/b] all of the time to force building of affordable housing for low income people."

Evidence, please?[/quote]

No reason HUD can't do it again:

https://thehill.com/regulation/244620-obamas-bid-to-diversify-wealthy-neighborhoods

HUD already did that initiative in MD in parts of Ellicott City and near White Marsh IIRC.  CC is the perfect very low diversity and concentrated wealth pocket that would be a perfect target to diversify and help poorer people move in so that they have access to better schools.  It's truly amazing how Julian Castro could run for president yet people are oblivious to what he did while running HUD after being appointed by Obama. HUD is quite the potent agency and doesn't even need Congress to approve what it does. If rich dbags want to block area transit that would improve the lives of everyone, including poorer people who are minorities, maybe it is time HUD take a look in the neighborhoods that have the NIMBYs who are blocking it to force building of affordable housing and desegregation.[/quote]

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