Anonymous wrote:The mayor’s plan is to upzone Ward 3 significantly to direct new residents to that part of the city and thereby reduce the gentrification pressure in the “real DC.”

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s an interesting link to 25 new developments coming on line now or shortly, most in DC. The development lobby that has effectively captured the mayor’s office claims that DC needs to upzone to build many more of these, especially west of Rock Creek Park. So much for “affordable housing.”

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-virtual-tour-of-more-than-25-dc-area-developments/16643

Who decided that gentrification should now be known as "upzoning"? Seems like a transparent attempt at re-branding gentrification.

No. There’s a difference. “Upzoning” is when less dense allowable zoning is replaced by zoning that permits taller and denser buildings. There is a DC bureaucratic term called “upFLUMming” in which changes that contemplate denser and taller uses as made to the Future Land Use Map. Upzoning and upFLUMming can create economic incentives for gentrification, of course. But they are not the same thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s an interesting link to 25 new developments coming on line now or shortly, most in DC. The development lobby that has effectively captured the mayor’s office claims that DC needs to upzone to build many more of these, especially west of Rock Creek Park. So much for “affordable housing.”

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-virtual-tour-of-more-than-25-dc-area-developments/16643

Who decided that gentrification should now be known as "upzoning"? Seems like a transparent attempt at re-branding gentrification.

Anonymous wrote:Here’s an interesting link to 25 new developments coming on line now or shortly, most in DC. The development lobby that has effectively captured the mayor’s office claims that DC needs to upzone to build many more of these, especially west of Rock Creek Park. So much for “affordable housing.”

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-virtual-tour-of-more-than-25-dc-area-developments/16643

Anonymous wrote:Here’s an interesting link to 25 new developments coming on line now or shortly, most in DC. The development lobby that has effectively captured the mayor’s office claims that DC needs to upzone to build many more of these, especially west of Rock Creek Park. So much for “affordable housing.”

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-virtual-tour-of-more-than-25-dc-area-developments/16643

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the difference in coronavirus cases in NYC and LA. NYC has 800 cases for every 100,000 people. LA has 58 per 100,000. What's the main difference between NYC and LA? Density.

Thank goodness for single family homes.

And the fact California has 60,000 tests on backlog.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article241759491.html

Anonymous wrote:Look at the difference in coronavirus cases in NYC and LA. NYC has 800 cases for every 100,000 people. LA has 58 per 100,000. What's the main difference between NYC and LA? Density.

Thank goodness for single family homes.

Anonymous wrote:More housing also means more tax revenue in the form or income, sales and property taxes. That helps pay for things that we need in the city. Especially if we are going to have to be independent of the federal government and potentially our neighboring states on a variety of fronts.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine thinking that a once-in-a-century health event is an actual argument against smart growth that sets up affordability, sustainability, and accessibility for generations to come.

Or what's even worse and sadly more likely, imagine knowing how ridiculous that is yet going right ahead and using a disaster that will likely kill hundreds of thousands if not millions of Americans to push your personal NIMBY agenda.

"smart growth" is another meaningless buzz phrase used by hacks.

"affordability"? no housing has gotten cheaper in places like Seattle, DC, NYC, LA, Boston, Nashville where 100s of new mid and high-rises have gone up since 2010. this is just a barefaced lie perpetuated by greedy developers and their hack puppets. let me guess, they just didn't build them high enough!

Agreed.

Increased high density does NOT equal more ‘affordable’ housing. What a joke.

Increased density does equal MORE housing. And we need more housing.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine thinking that a once-in-a-century health event is an actual argument against smart growth that sets up affordability, sustainability, and accessibility for generations to come.

Or what's even worse and sadly more likely, imagine knowing how ridiculous that is yet going right ahead and using a disaster that will likely kill hundreds of thousands if not millions of Americans to push your personal NIMBY agenda.

"smart growth" is another meaningless buzz phrase used by hacks.

"affordability"? no housing has gotten cheaper in places like Seattle, DC, NYC, LA, Boston, Nashville where 100s of new mid and high-rises have gone up since 2010. this is just a barefaced lie perpetuated by greedy developers and their hack puppets. let me guess, they just didn't build them high enough!

Agreed.

Increased high density does NOT equal more ‘affordable’ housing. What a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine thinking that a once-in-a-century health event is an actual argument against smart growth that sets up affordability, sustainability, and accessibility for generations to come.

Or what's even worse and sadly more likely, imagine knowing how ridiculous that is yet going right ahead and using a disaster that will likely kill hundreds of thousands if not millions of Americans to push your personal NIMBY agenda.

"smart growth" is another meaningless buzz phrase used by hacks.

"affordability"? no housing has gotten cheaper in places like Seattle, DC, NYC, LA, Boston, Nashville where 100s of new mid and high-rises have gone up since 2010. this is just a barefaced lie perpetuated by greedy developers and their hack puppets. let me guess, they just didn't build them high enough!