tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post2539782877221617520..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Church and Housing Provider Vindicated in Clarendon CaseKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-9180342942128647142011-01-06T18:01:20.298-05:002011-01-06T18:01:20.298-05:00"Arlington is for rich people only..."
..."Arlington is for rich people only..."<br /><br />And now it for the rich and super poor. The middle class still have to live 3 hours out in the suburbs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-7346929459633483732011-01-06T13:15:50.953-05:002011-01-06T13:15:50.953-05:00I agree, Arlington is for rich people only, and th...I agree, Arlington is for rich people only, and there should be a minimum income requirement to live there. <br /><br />You want to live near your job? Too bad--you get a three-hour commute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-66893779947627079722011-01-06T08:24:34.384-05:002011-01-06T08:24:34.384-05:00I am sorry...no one is "entitled" to a s...I am sorry...no one is "entitled" to a spot 100 yards from a Metro stop in one of the richest zip codes in the country. I can't afford to live there so guess what, I don't. This country is in a lot of trouble if we keep assuming everyone is so entitled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-42803908973489693572011-01-06T08:22:51.962-05:002011-01-06T08:22:51.962-05:00It is absurd that the government is spending $50MM...It is absurd that the government is spending $50MM of our money on this project. Incidentally, the Arlington County Fair Housing Board is AGAINST this project. The whole project is super shady. Someone from the Gov was definitely paid off here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-87694878314236748352011-01-05T09:30:52.944-05:002011-01-05T09:30:52.944-05:00Less than 80k? 50% average median income is like ...Less than 80k? 50% average median income is like 25k for a single person. I agree with Dan that poor people are entitled to live in 500K condos next to Whole Foods and the Cheesecake Factory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-25735724621751963452010-12-31T19:19:18.538-05:002010-12-31T19:19:18.538-05:00D-bag above: "they" should live whereve...D-bag above: "they" should live wherever they want, but not at your or my expense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-82400973347885903672010-12-31T12:30:53.342-05:002010-12-31T12:30:53.342-05:00But if it helps keep a dying church alive, isn'...But if it helps keep a dying church alive, isn't all the government's money worth it?<br /><br />As for beauty being in the eye of the beholder.... anybody out there think this pile is anything but a screaming mistake? But it is a perfect visual expression of how absurd this project is. Move over "Our Lady of Exxon", there is a new joke in town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-44281882228806496772010-12-31T12:21:47.255-05:002010-12-31T12:21:47.255-05:00"I can't afford to buy in Clarendon, but ..."I can't afford to buy in Clarendon, but still poorer people get to live there, and the gov makes me pay for it."<br /><br />Somebody call the wah-mbulance. Anonymouse d-bag is angry that the less-than-affluent "get" to live in Clarendon. *Everyone* knows that people making less than $80k should be relegated to Woodbridge and Martinsburg.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-15614299336251069302010-12-31T06:43:50.599-05:002010-12-31T06:43:50.599-05:00Oh yeah, I'm so glad that our govt is broke an...Oh yeah, I'm so glad that our govt is broke and borrowing 40c on every dollar it spends, but can spend $50 million to put low-income people in a development hotspot, where market forces would have easily allowed private development. You get how this works, don't you? A builder does this because its so much easier to have the govt provide millions up front rather than have to suffer the vagaries of the marketplace. I can't afford to buy in Clarendon, but still poorer people get to live there, and the gov makes me pay for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-51235139614737367492010-12-30T19:36:10.379-05:002010-12-30T19:36:10.379-05:00Beauty is in the eye of the beholder guys.. just t...Beauty is in the eye of the beholder guys.. just think of the need of affordable housing in Arlington..now that is beauty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-67978303751844480442010-12-30T17:37:13.848-05:002010-12-30T17:37:13.848-05:00Yeah, that's probably an overstatement. Its p...Yeah, that's probably an overstatement. Its probably only in the top 10 ugliest. Imagine how bad it will be in real life with a few years of age on it.Aidennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-25733147862042555862010-12-30T16:32:31.471-05:002010-12-30T16:32:31.471-05:00"The single ugliest"?
Did you move to D..."The single ugliest"?<br /><br />Did you move to DC area last Tuesday?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-36799844989406271202010-12-30T10:52:50.962-05:002010-12-30T10:52:50.962-05:00I think that is the single ugliest building I have...I think that is the single ugliest building I have seen in my life....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com