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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. As a liberal Democrat and long-time Montgomery County resident. I say this most sincerely that the arrogance of the political establishment in Montgomery County is leading to negative outcomes. It’s truly unfortunate. [/quote]

"The arrogance of the political establishment in Montgomery County is leading to negative outcomes" means "The people elected by voters to hold office in Montgomery County are doing things I don't like."  If they were doing things you did like, or even weren't doing things you don't like, you would call it leadership, not arrogance.

I don't know which things you don't like, but there's a good chance they involve increasing the supply of housing or de-prioritizing car transportation.[/quote]

Ask yourself, is anyone really against either one of those things, or are they against changes that affect their neighborhoods in negative ways? By all means, [b]build density where it makes sense[/b].  Don’t try to build density in neighborhoods of single family homes, especially since you don’t have the data to prove that it achieves any of the goals.  I mean, if you have proof, let’s see it.

Specifically, some proof that changes in zoning create affordable housing without negatively affecting the quality of life and property values for existing owners of SFH, and some evidence that those changes also prevent gentrification in lower income areas.  The ZTA that the council plans to shove through with thrive aren’t studied well, and god knows what is going to happen.  Probably worse for both higher value and lower income areas.  Don’t worry, they’ll pass a bunch of bad local transit plans like the University B corridor plan and then use them as some justification for bad housing planning.  It will be a masterpiece of MoCo scheming, the developers will be the only ones that profit.

Plenty of backslapping for all.

This going to be the like the monorail episode of the simpsons.[/quote]

Yes. For example, building duplexes in neighborhoods of "single family homes" makes sense. And only affects neighborhoods in a "negative way" if you're a person who's terrified of people who live in duplexes.[/quote]

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