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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it bad planning to have no development cap?[/quote]
For one thing it makes everyone who bought bonus density into a chump. [/quote]

Are the people who bought bonus density complaining?[/quote]
They will be privately, certainly. In addition, what this signals to the market is that the county is not serious. So if you were a real estate investor, you just have to wait them out and eventually they will give away everything. I does the exact opposite of what they were hoping, because it makes a mockery of the rules and as a result decentivizes investors from investing now versus waiting into the future. [/quote]

It is widely known that the county isn’t serious. The county thinks it’s being pro-development but instead its just giving people reasons to wait. [/quote]
And as a result, lots of approved developments just sit there for years unimproved, like Westbard, Strathmore Metro, White Flint Mall, White Flint Metro, etc.

And speaking of Westbard, which is finally but slowly being built, EYA sold out 100% of their THs before breaking ground.

It’s malpractice that planning hates THs when they deliver density, consumers want them and communities don’t object to them.

And it’s a show of how extremely ideological Planning is to push missing middle instead. That should really concern everyone.  [/quote]
 
PP. The out of towner.  I support TH's. I live in a nice one now in a town that's like 90s Bethesda.  When they put up the million dollar TH's at Strathmore, I actually did the math to see what lifestyle changes would be required to qualify as a low income owner.  I decided it would be ridiculous.  My conclusion was teaching K-12 would be the only job I'd be willing to do with an income that would have given me a subsidized price.

I believe that bad planning and rich NIMBYS could both ruin Bethesda more than they have.  But it would be a shame to make it an uglier place.  So I'd let the NIMBYS win if I had to pick a side.  [b]Once the canyons are in, it's game over[/b].[/quote]

Which game is over once there are more tall buildings in downtown Bethesda?[/quote]

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