Anonymous wrote:I have young adult children, and they are definitely not seeking 700 square foot 1 1/2 bedroom condos. They want three bedroom townhouses under 2000 square feet for under a million. Do such homes exist? All the new townhouses I see are $2 million and 3000 square feet.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes, Trader Joe's is coming to Chevy Chase Pavillion.
FH could be incredible if it was connected on the MD side. You could create another Reston Town Center or whatever they call the area in Rockville/North Bethesda with the REI and LL Bean.
You have a wasted surface lot behind the new Mazza replacement, wasted surface lot at the Saks in CC MD. You have the Lord & Taylor site...it seems crazy to turn that into the new bus depot...although I guess that opens up development of the current bus depot.
It needs to be far more mixed-use...apartments, retail, entertainment (Dave & Busters, Pinstripes type places), etc.
Turning Friendship Heights and AU Park into some high rise city with Dave & Busters? No thanks.
That would be awesome. Right now it is basically nothing and wont be converted into a SFH or open space area…so what would you suggest?
BTW…I don’t care nor even understand what Smart growth is. I want a fun, dynamic destination with lots for everyone to do.
Building lots of townhouses makes more sense than apartments and condos. Increasing density without drastically altering the area.
the region invested billions into the metro station. you don't build low density townhouses on top of such a regional investment.
I get it, you live in a single family home not far from Friendship Heights. You chose to purchase there based on proximity to metro and other amenities. Guess what, other people want to enjoy the same benefits. You can enjoy what you have and let new people also enjoy it as well.
Beautiful! the "new" people can move into the existing SFHs and rowhomes in the neighborhood when they come on the market! Then "other" people can enjoy the same benefits.
Where you and I part company is when you think I should have thousands of _additional_ people living within a mile of me -- in multifamily housing that doesn't yet exist. And for which there is not demonstrated demand, as shown by flat in-migration and empty new construction apartments a mile down the road.
Anonymous wrote:But worse than 2000-2020ish
Anonymous wrote:But worse than 2000-2020ish
Anonymous wrote:I guess that makes sense given the state of schools in DC. I guess my kids grew up in the glory days here.
Anonymous wrote:I disagree with the poster who said movie theaters are going away. I think they are still a great entertainment option. I prefer a night out at a movie with dinner and drinks either before or after. I can’t be alone in that thinking. Staying home is nice some times but some movies are more fun to see in a theater …
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I totally agree with the argument that not everyone can live everywhere, but if we want to attract a more economically diverse population, we need townhouses.
A lot of us, probably the silent majority in the area in question, don't actually want to attract a more economically diverse population. We're fine living among ourselves and our broad income bracket, which comes with many many benefits and very few downsides.
Anonymous wrote:I guess my fear is that NWDC will become just very wealthy people (lawyers) living in SFHs, singles living for a few years in expensive condos, and previously homeless people filling up the condos with the tax $$ of the rich. We need middle or upper middle class families -- those with an income of $300k or so -- to live here too.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I totally agree with the argument that not everyone can live everywhere, but if we want to attract a more economically diverse population, we need townhouses.
A lot of us, probably the silent majority in the area in question, don't actually want to attract a more economically diverse population. We're fine living among ourselves and our broad income bracket, which comes with many many benefits and very few downsides.
Anonymous wrote:I totally agree with the argument that not everyone can live everywhere, but if we want to attract a more economically diverse population, we need townhouses.