Comments on Will 30 seconds kill White Flint? - Greater Greater Washington

Comment by shane

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:12:46 EDT

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Shane, nobody is trying to eliminate car-dependency, just lessen it. These developments plus Metro do just that. It's people like you and the County Council that need to realize that forsaking smart growth around Metro stations for slightly faster commuting times for cars that are driving further and further out (because there just isn't anywhere to live closer-in) is unintelligent and unsustainable. If we're going to grow, let's grow smart. Otherwise the growth will leap-frog even further into Frederick County and PA, and, guess what?! Those cars will be commuting on I-270 and 355 making traffic worse anyway. Let's try to get some of the people that would be mucking up traffic all the way to PA to live on a Metro station so that they won't have to commute using cars and everyone can be a lot happier. Check mate.

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Check mate has FAILED.........

To get people to live closer to the Metro/MARC Rail Stations in Suburban Maryland would mean reducing the Outrages Apartment Rental, Condo, and Single Home Prices in which they have no intentions of doing. They will also have to push harder to build more High Rise Office Towers near Suburban Maryland Transit Hubs equaling the size of Downtown DC, Arlington/Alexandria, and Tysons Corner which they also have no DEFINITE Plans of doing. They will also have to either expand the existing Indoor Shopping Malls or Build New Multi-Level Shopping Malls near Suburban Maryland Transit Hubs like Pentagon City, Crystal City, Ballston, and Tysons Corner in which they have no plans of doing......

So as far as I know Smar Growth is just a bunch lip[ service in disguise of promoting Anti-Growth for Suburban Maryland while Promoting more Urbanizing Upscale Growth throughout Northern Virginia.........

Comment by Brian

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:02:34 EDT

I would not want to see a B-17 try to take off a carrier. That would be a disaster.

Comment by E

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:28:30 EDT

Comment by oboe

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:48:41 EDT

Fine. That just means my small house in the inner city will appreciate that much faster. You can lead a horse to water...

Comment by shane

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:05:34 EDT

The problem with this argument is that there is No Way you can eliminate Car Dependency because if that were true then there would not be any sign of Additional Road/Highway Construction in Tyson's Corner especially since METRO is now Building a $5 Billion Metro Rail to Loudon County with 4 Metro Stations being built in Tyson's Corner.

Until this can be understood then the New Development in White Flint will successfully Progress.......

Comment by Spaceman

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:51:20 EDT

I was going to comment that it was B-25's instead of B-17's, but i was beaten to it. I am impressed of the knowledge of a relatively obscure historical note by the readers. Bravo.

Comment by Barnaby Zall

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:00:37 EDT

Mea culpa. It was B-25s.

Comment by DJ

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:44:55 EDT

Doolittle's raiders flew B-25s.

Comment by David R.

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:12:55 EDT

Good article about troubling news.

Minor correction - but it's to your lede - Doolittle's aircraft were B-25s, not B-17s.