tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post2451006779320303629..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Alexandria Low-Income Gets Mixed-Income MakeoverKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-6170807655151499782009-09-01T10:42:34.722-04:002009-09-01T10:42:34.722-04:00I still own a home there and the City has turned t...I still own a home there and the City has turned their back on those of us paying our fair share of Taxes and the police are still afraid to get out of their cars. I have been begging the City for years to help us and I am told that is just the price I have to pay for living there. So, good luck getting any help from the Mayor or City of Alexandria...I moved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-52945878337739749262009-06-27T19:10:40.204-04:002009-06-27T19:10:40.204-04:00Those of us who live in the neighborhood were extr...Those of us who live in the neighborhood were extremely disappointed in this project. This part of town is already burdened with over 75% of Alexandria's public housing stock. We believe that the City Council likes to keep it contained, rather than risk moving it to more politically connected parts of the City such as Del Ray or Rosemont. As a result of this concentrated public housing, this neighborhood suffers from a high crime rate and all the attendant problems associated with concentrated poverty. <br /><br />We very firmly believe the City should not have allowed 100 plus public housing units to be put back into an area already overconcentrated with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-80736844148720415482008-10-09T11:15:00.000-04:002008-10-09T11:15:00.000-04:00I walked from Braddock Rd Metro through this neghb...I walked from Braddock Rd Metro through this neghborhood to work for 5 years. It always seemed too quiet for a place so close to Old Town and a Metro stop. I wondered when the development powers that be would push these sorts of changes along. Nice part of town (some call it "North Old Town"). <BR/><BR/>These changes look positive on the face. They will work to keep the 65/35 mix and hopefully not put up too many high rise apartments/condos. Its nice as a low-rise part of Alexandria.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16989858662676793726noreply@blogger.com