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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think MMH is going to tear up the community in Arlington. County may have gotten their way but it’s not a good look when there is so much infighting within the community.

Location will keep Arlington desirable to an extent but there will a a lot of bad blood due to MMH. I live one town over in McLean, this is just my reading, of course I could be wrong . We pass through N Arlington many times on our way to restaurants and such and I see plenty of opposition to MMH via yard signs. I guess we shall see how this shakes out.[/quote]

It's not going to be any more devastating than the fugly McMansions going up everywhere anyway. 
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Community trying to tear itself apart and a  fugly McMansion is like comparing apples and spoons. They are not even in the same category.[/quote]

Many of the concerns brought up by MM opponents are also true for fugly McMansions.

How exactly will the community tear itself apart now that MM has passed? No more need for community forums/signs/NextDoor debates. People will move on. Some MF housing will be built, but not a ton. 
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More street parking and traffic, overcrowded schools, more competition for scarce community classes and parks (have you eve registered for gymnastics?), more strain on water and sewage systems.  A bigger SFH simply removes more trees and has more run off. [/quote]

I just drove through the neighborhood in Westover with all the new townhomes, ie multi family housing, no there is no issue with street parking. However on my street where there are 4+ new builds everyone of those owners has at least one car parked on the street. And the problem on water and sewage systems is negligible whether it’s a McMansion with 5-6 bathrooms or a duplex; if both build to the max lot size they are both reducing the amount of land to absorb water and creating storm water issues. Beyond that, I don’t see community classes as a right; there are plenty of private options and while some schools may be over crowded it would make sense to combine some and move options (Jamestown/Nottingham/discovery/tuckahoe) but the communities resist so really, I think it’s safe to say people just don’t like change. Which is fine, but I wish they would recognize the entitlement in thinking they should have a peaceful SFH enclave 2 stoplights from work. And realistically, if you sprinkle duplexes among SFH you end up with less of these supposed parking/overcrowding/water issues than if you jam them in 2 blocks of S Arlington…[/quote]

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