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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And, we also purchased locally grown radishes, and kale. Many farmers here , and in places like Amish country, use hoop houses.

It's almost like people who want to pave over everything don't understand so much about history or where their food comes from.

I also know of a number of blighted shopping centers in eastern MoCo, one right by Glenmont metro, that could be redeveloped into successful townhouse / condo / retail developments of there was any desire on the part of the owners. [/quote]

The Glenmont shopping center is actually doing very well. It just looks rundown. But yes, if the owners wanted to redevelop it, they could.[/quote]

I live down the street. There is a huge parking lot that is never even 1/4 full, and only a handful of decent small businesses. We go to the really good Korean barber shop and that's it. Lots and lots of parking lot available for redevelopment. [/quote]

The rent paid to the owners is evidently fine, thus no redevelopment. Yes, the parking lot is ridiculously large, but most parking lots in Montgomery County are. For that matter, the parking garages at Glenmont Metro are also ridiculously large.[/quote]

DP but the point is, the space is not well utilized and could be used to build new mixed use developments rather than [b]tearing down existing housing SFHs[/b].  The urban planning here is so terrible.[/quote]

This is already happening. It's just that the SFH is replaced by a gigantic SFM (M for McMansion). It makes a lot more sense to replace it with a duplex, same building size but two units instead of one.

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The single family mansion almost always gives a better risk adjusted return than the duplex.

Building more in the ag reserve only makes financial sense for developers if the developers are able to push the infrastructure costs off onto all the other taxpayers, in which case opening up the ag reserve would be a great deal for developers but a horrible deal for the county. [/quote]

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