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[chrisherbert]

Originally Posted by bellyofthebeast

Ok. So, you urbanize every metro stop you can think of, the whole DMV over. Urbanize them to the extent that while living close to a metro costs a bit more than otherwise, it's not as awful as it is now. Its now not an upperclass luxury to live next to a metro.

This will never happen because people who currently own (very expensive) homes near metro stations would never allow enough high density housing to be built. They want to protect their home values and to maintain the "character" of the neighborhood. I personally don't think that property owners should be able to veto new development around them but that's often what happens.

[bellyofthebeast]

Originally Posted by chrisherbert

This will never happen because people who currently own (very expensive) homes near metro stations would never allow enough high density housing to be built. They want to protect their home values and to maintain the "character" of the neighborhood. I personally don't think that property owners should be able to veto new development around them but that's often what happens.

I personally don't think that anyone who lives in a cookie cutter suburb should ever be able to claim that their neighborhood has character... but alas. I'm probably offending someone. I just don't think that living in a detached house within a stone's throw from a metro is realistic, especially in a region like ours where traffic is horrible. Metro stations should have dense development near them, if only to keep people off the roads.

If people can veto large development, then how is this legal?

DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Meads Row Bids Adieu to the Atlas District

I see this as such a bigger sin.