Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh no how dare we let landowners use the land they bought and paid for the way they want!

My god, what if they do something crazy like build tall buildings full of housing in an area that has a massive housing shortage?!

Oh how dare we RE agents lie to buyers about the character of the neighborhood and zoning to increase demand and line our pockets?

Oh how dare we developers lie to communities when we apply for permits, rarely, if ever, bringing to life the rosy vision we present when asking for exemptions and almost always creating more difficult conditions during construction than promised?

Oh how dare we both work behind the scenes with county and state authorities to change the rules to our financial favor, with limited public view and input, never allowing for mitigation of the negative impacts borne by residents to be attached as a condition?

Oh how dare we elected and appointed representatives of those residents court all of this to gain campaign contributions and indirect emolument through family/friends, investments and business associates?

And, more to the point, how dare residents, whose lives would be considerably disrupted from the effects of the above either in staying or leaving, object when there are alternate and less disruptive means available to society to achieve the noble ends bandied about as justification for it all?

How dare some private company (homebuilders) make a profit? You do understand that some "evil developer" built your house and *GASP* made money doing so?

You NIMBYs are ridiculous.


There already is public input, you NIMBY. It's called elections. What you want is special treatment. Well get over it, you get none.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need more housing.

How about you volunteer your backyard? Or maybe a room in your house? Go on, live your values.

There are literally bills in the senate to allow ADUs and granny flats, genius. Do you even know what you are talking about?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need more housing.

How about you volunteer your backyard? Or maybe a room in your house? Go on, live your values.

Anonymous wrote:It's really easy to say you support affordable housing in the abstract. It's quite another thing to support it quite literally going in your backyard. I bet very few YIMBYs actually put their money where their mouth is. There is a reason your policies are deeply unpopular, and you know it.

Fairfax County will continue to circle the drain if residents figure out that developers can come in and put high density housing into any old single family neighborhood without any regard for the affected community.

I hope people living near struggling churches are paying attention. If passed, Senate Bill 1178 says that churches wouldn't even need to apply for rezoning to build high density housing on their property.

Anonymous wrote:We need more housing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh no how dare we let landowners use the land they bought and paid for the way they want!

My god, what if they do something crazy like build tall buildings full of housing in an area that has a massive housing shortage?!

Oh how dare we RE agents lie to buyers about the character of the neighborhood and zoning to increase demand and line our pockets?

Oh how dare we developers lie to communities when we apply for permits, rarely, if ever, bringing to life the rosy vision we present when asking for exemptions and almost always creating more difficult conditions during construction than promised?

Oh how dare we both work behind the scenes with county and state authorities to change the rules to our financial favor, with limited public view and input, never allowing for mitigation of the negative impacts borne by residents to be attached as a condition?

Oh how dare we elected and appointed representatives of those residents court all of this to gain campaign contributions and indirect emolument through family/friends, investments and business associates?

And, more to the point, how dare residents, whose lives would be considerably disrupted from the effects of the above either in staying or leaving, object when there are alternate and less disruptive means available to society to achieve the noble ends bandied about as justification for it all?

Anonymous wrote:Oh no how dare we let landowners use the land they bought and paid for the way they want!

My god, what if they do something crazy like build tall buildings full of housing in an area that has a massive housing shortage?!

Anonymous wrote:You need to get people to email the county planning department, planning commission, and the Board of County Supervisors to voice their opposition. Online petitions are almost useless and they will be ignored. Create a QR code with a link to an email template that tells people where to email the county to state their opposition to this rezoning application. Also, Glen Youngkin has no influence over other this rezoning application is approved. Emphasize that this proposed update to the comprehensive plan will allow a 10x increase in density, which is too high in comparison to the surrounding neighborhoods, if the local school is over capacity bring this up, mention impacts on infrastructure. Get all of your neighbors to attend the meeting to voice their opposition. You need to vigorously fight this comp plan update, because once it is passed the county will have almost no legal basis to deny a rezoning application with a density in the 16-20 units/acre range.