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Anonymous wrote:Arlington has so few older houses of any architectural merit, and you're all rejoicing that one of the few that existed is now primed for demolition?

The FCNP isn't a real paper, by the way. It's basically the personal plaything of Nicholas Benton, and it will slant any story as Benton sees fit.

What's the architectural merit? It looks like a faux antebellum plantation manor.

You're projecting a bit, don't you think?

Anyway, fine with me if Arlington gets even uglier. A few nice older homes only made a dent in the prevailing banality of the place, and you all just want some new, attached shacks to go along with the older ones.

Anonymous wrote:The article is laying it on a little thick. The owners have a large for Arlington property that they are planning to redevelop and have decided to work the victimhood angle to justify what they want to do anyway - make the most money possible off the lot. They just have to figure out what that looks like first with middle middle officially passed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has so few older houses of any architectural merit, and you're all rejoicing that one of the few that existed is now primed for demolition?

The FCNP isn't a real paper, by the way. It's basically the personal plaything of Nicholas Benton, and it will slant any story as Benton sees fit.

What's the architectural merit? It looks like a faux antebellum plantation manor.

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Anonymous wrote:Tearing down your SFH to put up more "affordable" townhuses or condos doesn't make you an anti-racist. I do consider myself an anti-racist but let's be real: it's my inner capitalist who is leading the charge to convert my now-SFH into much more profitable multi-family units.

Is it really accurate to refer to a 10-bedroom, 13-bathroom, 9,775 square-foot structure on 1.71 acres with a ballroom, home chapel, and indoor pool, previously owned by an institution of the Catholic Church, as a "SFH"?

Regardless, I think the capitalist phrase that applies here is "doing well by doing good."

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has so few older houses of any architectural merit, and you're all rejoicing that one of the few that existed is now primed for demolition?

The FCNP isn't a real paper, by the way. It's basically the personal plaything of Nicholas Benton, and it will slant any story as Benton sees fit.

Anonymous wrote:Tearing down your SFH to put up more "affordable" townhuses or condos doesn't make you an anti-racist. I do consider myself an anti-racist but let's be real: it's my inner capitalist who is leading the charge to convert my now-SFH into much more profitable multi-family units.

Anonymous wrote:Tearing down your SFH to put up more "affordable" townhuses or condos doesn't make you an anti-racist. I do consider myself an anti-racist but let's be real: it's my inner capitalist who is leading the charge to convert my now-SFH into much more profitable multi-family units.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington has so few older houses of any architectural merit, and you're all rejoicing that one of the few that existed is now primed for demolition?

The FCNP isn't a real paper, by the way. It's basically the personal plaything of Nicholas Benton, and it will slant any story as Benton sees fit.

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Anonymous wrote:It's wonderful how rich people can buy a large plot, do what they want with it, then virtue signal on social media.

This dude is my new favorite rabbit hole.

First off, $4m house from running a daycare? is that typical? i thought daycare workers were paid so little because there is so little money after running the business?

Second, he is now out of that gig and an "entrepreneur" -- with no mention of his new business, though I suspect it's "real estate mogul wannabe".

Finally, let's say people did get sus about his families designs for such a huge property -- does anyone know if they have moved in or started renovation or anything, or if they just bought it waiting for MM to be passed? No one would ever assume someone is a worker on a property unless they climbed out of a landscaping truck with a landscaping polo on -- its 2023 and Arlington is way to woke for that. But how did the newspaper even find these owners to get these racy quotes?? Are they going around complaining about their new neighbors to the newspapers? How did they even get interviewed for the story?

Anonymous wrote:How in the world does the owner of a daycare afford a $4M house????

Anonymous wrote:Of corse people wonder what they are doing. They bought the house and never moved in or started renovations.