Anonymous
05/19/2015 12:08
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Hmm, in theory you could just informally decide to put everything along the west Pike. On the other hand, Cabrini-Green and north Old Town Alexandria can attest to the wisdom of concentrating all your poverty in one neck of the woods...
North Old Town was never anything like Cabrini Green. I lived in Chicago when CG existed - did you? It was 15,000 people, and buildings much taller than anything on Columbia Pike (let alone the two story buildings in the Old Town projects)
Why are AH opponents so dishonest?
As for Old Town, it began to gentrify nicely while the projects were still there. The city redeveloped them because it needed the money from the land, not because they were holding back Old Town.
The only dishonestly here is from the affordable housing lobby, putting their agenda above everyone's best interests.
Anonymous
05/19/2015 11:16
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Anonymous wrote:Nope it's getting worse lots of people are going to be underwater as they flee to the north or other acceptable areas
"Other acceptable areas"? Do tell. No need to beat around the bush. They'll practically have to open a UNHCR office in Pimmit Hills, won't they?
Anonymous
05/19/2015 11:06
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Nope it's getting worse lots of people are going to be underwater as they flee to the north or other acceptable areas
Anonymous
05/19/2015 11:05
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Anonymous wrote:Wisdom or not, the county wants more of it and north Arlington won't have it, so.....
Land is more expensive in North Arlington (and for that matter in the parts of Columbia Pike closer to the Pentagon) and the Arlington electorate seems to think that saving money is important.
Anonymous
05/19/2015 11:03
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Anonymous wrote:Hmm, in theory you could just informally decide to put everything along the west Pike. On the other hand, Cabrini-Green and north Old Town Alexandria can attest to the wisdom of concentrating all your poverty in one neck of the woods...
North Old Town was never anything like Cabrini Green. I lived in Chicago when CG existed - did you? It was 15,000 people, and buildings much taller than anything on Columbia Pike (let alone the two story buildings in the Old Town projects)
Why are AH opponents so dishonest?
As for Old Town, it began to gentrify nicely while the projects were still there. The city redeveloped them because it needed the money from the land, not because they were holding back Old Town.
Anonymous
05/18/2015 19:35
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Anonymous wrote:Wisdom or not, the county wants more of it and north Arlington won't have it, so.....
The county does listen to big voices. We need to step up and be heard. We are the county.
Anonymous
05/18/2015 19:32
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Wisdom or not, the county wants more of it and north Arlington won't have it, so.....
Anonymous
05/18/2015 10:29
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Anonymous wrote:Hmm, in theory you could just informally decide to put everything along the west Pike. On the other hand, Cabrini-Green and north Old Town Alexandria can attest to the wisdom of concentrating all your poverty in one neck of the woods...
Isn't old town breaking up all of their affordable housing?
Anonymous
05/18/2015 10:09
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Hmm, in theory you could just informally decide to put everything along the west Pike. On the other hand, Cabrini-Green and north Old Town Alexandria can attest to the wisdom of concentrating all your poverty in one neck of the woods...
Anonymous
05/18/2015 09:33
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Anonymous wrote:Lots more room to build more cheap housing in the Barcroft zone. 4 mile run and the pike will be a huge complex soon, already planned. Food star soon enough.dont know whether government subsidized or just cheap because of location.
Both of the aforementioned buildings are slated to be built adhering to the form based code. The will have a small percentage affordable units. The rest of those buildings will be market rate- and it won't be cheap.
The building going up by 4 mile didn't seem that large to me. The foodstar corner looks like a behemoth. This has all been discussed up thread. Feel free to peruse.
Anonymous
05/17/2015 22:02
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Anonymous wrote:Lots more room to build more cheap housing in the Barcroft zone. 4 mile run and the pike will be a huge complex soon, already planned. Food star soon enough.dont know whether government subsidized or just cheap because of location.
Food star will be expensive because of location. There will of course be a small percentage of affordable housing due to the form based code. Most people support that.
Anonymous
05/17/2015 21:55
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
*cap cod
Anonymous
05/17/2015 21:55
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Anonymous wrote:Tax assessments have absolutely ZERO to do with market value. If you want to know market value then look at the sales of houses around you or hire an appraiser. ***I honestly don't know how much more "affordable" housing can go in S Arlington. Stop the madness.
Sales and appraisals of my neighborhood have gone up significantly. We refinanced this spring, and it was way over our assessment. I imagine it's pretty standard across the board. I've done no renovation on my 1955 cape code.
Anonymous
05/17/2015 21:03
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Lots more room to build more cheap housing in the Barcroft zone. 4 mile run and the pike will be a huge complex soon, already planned. Food star soon enough.dont know whether government subsidized or just cheap because of location.
Anonymous
05/17/2015 20:57
Subject: Giving up on North Arligton... Is South Arlington going to improve?
Tax assessments have absolutely ZERO to do with market value. If you want to know market value then look at the sales of houses around you or hire an appraiser. ***I honestly don't know how much more "affordable" housing can go in S Arlington. Stop the madness.