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First...the EP is not next to DC. It's in the historic mountains that for the good of the enivornment, and representing historical value, should be preserved.
Now...some development is understandable.
However....Ashburn is ridicoulous.
It should not completely remake the community from one of clean, rural beauty to ugly, strip mall sprawl.
Do you want mile after mile of subdivisions and neon lights?
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a delicate thing and it would be sad to see them be nothing more than a line between strip mall a and b.
You have to remember the population of the United States is increasing out of control, as is the case with the entire world. The fact is there are more people in this country than there was 20 or 30 years ago, and this is a fact you cannot avoid. People have to live somewhere, and it is close to sprawl.
You have to remember the population of the United States is increasing out of control, as is the case with the entire world. The fact is there are more people in this country than there was 20 or 30 years ago, and this is a fact you cannot avoid. People have to live somewhere, and it is close to sprawl.
Kind of makes you wonder why some quarters favor basically uncontrolled
immigration, doesn't it? If we don't put a stop to the nonsense, we'll be a third world country ourselves.
First...the EP is not next to DC. It's in the historic mountains that for the good of the enivornment, and representing historical value, should be preserved.
Now...some development is understandable.
However....Ashburn is ridicoulous.
It should not completely remake the community from one of clean, rural beauty to ugly, strip mall sprawl.
Do you want mile after mile of subdivisions and neon lights?
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a delicate thing and it would be sad to see them be nothing more than a line between strip mall a and b.
I agree, but I also know West Virginia needs the growth!
Perhaps if we had more sensible zoning policies that allowed for higher densities along with much higher fuel taxes like they have in other countries people wouldn't live so far from their jobs. I think it's socially irresponsible to live far away from a job just so one can have a bigger house.
You know I think it is irresponsible to expect people who work in a decent job to pay 700K to own a home in a decent area in DC...I live in the Panhandle and go to Silver Spring everyday for the mere reason that I paid half the price to live in the same home I would have if I lived in the DC interior Metro area. I didnt come out here for a bigger home but merely to own a home that was bigger than a closet.
Perhaps if we had more sensible zoning policies that allowed for higher densities along with much higher fuel taxes like they have in other countries people wouldn't live so far from their jobs. I think it's socially irresponsible to live far away from a job just so one can have a bigger house.
Before the housing crash, I couldn't even think about purchasing a home in the DC region short of a condo. So I bought a house in Jefferson County, WV because it was affordable and I could have a yard and clean air. I drive ten minutes (6 miles one way) from the MARC Train station and ride the MARC to Silver Spring. I'm sorry, but not everyone can do what they do (career-wise) wherever they want. So I guess that's irresponsible of me.
Before the housing crash, I couldn't even think about purchasing a home in the DC region short of a condo. So I bought a house in Jefferson County, WV because it was affordable and I could have a yard and clean air. I drive ten minutes (6 miles one way) from the MARC Train station and ride the MARC to Silver Spring. I'm sorry, but not everyone can do what they do (career-wise) wherever they want. So I guess that's irresponsible of me.
I guess most of us are irresponsible. I am a teacher in Montgomery County, MD and if I would teach in WV I would take a 40k pay cut. However, there is no way I could afford the kind of house in Gaithersburg that I own in Inwood.
Kind of makes you wonder why some quarters favor basically uncontrolled
immigration, doesn't it? If we don't put a stop to the nonsense, we'll be a third world country ourselves.
LOL The US is hardly overpopulated. If it weren't for the immigrants coming to this country our population stats would look more akin to Japan and Italy, (teetering towards negative decline). Both aforementioned countries have many problems directly attributable to their aging populations, sky rocketing health costs, declining working age population, and a growing negative relationship between working tax payers and retired pensioners. This is definitely not the situation that the US wants to be in. We have enough issues currently.
I truly don't belive the suburbanization of the eastern panhandle is maintainable. The era of the suburb has come and gone with many property purchasers now preferring urban amenities be they TOD's or traditional urban areas. Now this in no way suggests that the EP will whither away. I am merely suggesting that the rate at which developments occur will be on a diminished scale in comparison to the late nineties and early 00's.
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