tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post5279225525036949837..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Andrews Air Force Base BRACing for GrowthKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-84787207483360445202010-07-26T16:48:40.498-04:002010-07-26T16:48:40.498-04:00It's nice to see these "old" high vi...It's nice to see these "old" high visioned proposals on your website as "what might have been" if hope were ever to come to reality. Now, only two years later, P G County is flush with a glut of hundreds of newly "affordable homes", recently flushed out by foreclosure from the holdings of national predatory lenders. <br />There may have been a few new positions at AAFB, but probably nowhere near 400, much less 800. There is less retail, not more, as outlets continue to shut down across the County. Branch Avenue station continues to offer easy access to one of the largest mostly vacant condo/apartment clusters that has not yet caught fire or been demolished as a drug haven, but its newness and physical attractiveness hasn't yet made it a haven for local yuppies. <br />Is it all due to the national, regional, local economy? Or is it mostly due to the local politics of spending the taxpayers funds mostly on the politicians' cronies and seldom on community enhancements?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com