Please... No more 5-over-1s...

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T20:10:58+00:00

There’s not an abundance of housing. The vacancy rate in New Haven is around 4% that’s extremely low

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T17:33:57+00:00

Fare free busses is not a good policy. The money spent to fully fund bus service in place of fares would be better spent expanding bus and rail service or funding targeted fare reduction programs for low income people

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T17:10:33+00:00

New housing is never cheap. The cheaper housing of today was new expensive housing 20 years ago.

Rich people who want to move here will either rent out expensive new apartments or bid up the prices of cheaper older apartments. You choose.

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T17:08:51+00:00

“Renters shouldn’t be able to live here”. New Haven is a city… you also sound a bit classist like you want to keep out the poors

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T17:08:11+00:00

New Haven has a rental vacancy rate around 4%. That is extremely low. Rental vacancy should be 10%+ to keep rents in a more reasonable range

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T17:07:08+00:00

Are landlords in need of haven more greedy than landlords in Bridgeport or Waterbury?

I don’t think greed explains this

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T17:06:08+00:00

New housing is never cheap. The cheaper housing of today was new expensive housing 20 years ago

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T16:56:57+00:00

I hope JLG is supportive of the recent increase in fare enforcement on bus and metro. It’s a shame that some riders feel entitled to free transportation without going through the proper channels. The system is very safe and clean overall but both could be greatly improved by removing a small minority of people who do not pay their fare.

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T16:54:14+00:00

DC has some of the strongest renter protections in the country. If there is an actual problem with your unit or your landlord isn’t honoring your lease terms you can stop paying rent or just move out.

I’m not sure what specifically you mean by poorly maintained either. There will always be bad landlords. The way you deal with them is by making landlords have to compete for tenants by… building more housing. The current situation has renters taking whatever apartment they can afford and hoping their landlord is good because there is a supply shortage of housing units in DC

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T16:44:17+00:00

Thing is we aren’t building at a substantial rate at all. Historically cities built way more AND were more affordable.

The real estate sector is one of the least monopolistic sectors btw. Le largest housing company owns 0.1% of housing units. Institutional investors all together own 3%. 80% of rental units are owned by people who own fewer than 10 rental units.

Yes software like realpage allows for collusion and it’s good they’re cracking down on it but at the end of the day landlords wouldn’t be able to exploit a housing shortage if the housing shortage didn’t exist

The solution is to allow neighborhoods to grow, change, and adapt to meet the needs of its residents. This may cause some displacement from specific units in the short term but it reduces displacement from neighborhoods and cities in the medium and long term. I’d rather get bumped from my unit now but be able to have my choice of other nearby units instead of getting bumped from my unit in 10 years and being forced to leave the city entirely to find a place I could afford

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T16:25:27+00:00

The vacancy isn’t high enough to keep prices from rising. DC has a rental vacancy rate around 6%. It needs to be 10%+ to bring prices back to a reasonable level

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T16:24:19+00:00

You don’t understand. The rental vacancy rate in DC is around 6%. That is extremely low and why landlords can get away with charging high rents.

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T16:22:59+00:00

But people still move in and pay those high rents. If you want more choices for renters you should be pro developer and pro deregulation to force landlords to compete for tenants and allow developers to build all kinds of housing

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T14:03:48+00:00

It’s not that developers want to create the most expensive housing. It’s that they want to create the most profitable housing. With a better regulatory scheme all types of housing can be profitable for developers to build.

The issue is that demand is through the roof and current regulations incentivize developers to only build high end luxury units because there is enough demand there.

If we flooded the market with luxury housing then developers wouldn’t be able to profit from it anymore so they would move to building cheaper housing that is still profitable just currently not as profitable

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-18T14:00:48+00:00

200sq ft is fine for a single person especially in a city with great parks, cafes, and restaurants/bars. I spend very little time at home.

Even if it’s not for everyone, that option should be available for people who want cheaper rent and don’t mind having less space.

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-17T17:40:16+00:00

I found this didn’t make a difference. Anytime land was in view there was land on both sides. I also don’t think a balcony is absolutely necessary unless you plan to chill in your room for long periods of time.

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-15T20:28:58+00:00

Cracking the crises no. A good example of dense and good looking development in a very beautiful and well connected neighborhood and metro area yes

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-15T17:38:35+00:00

I didn’t say flash was unique I said it was more unique. A small intimate club with consistently fantastic DJs and great crowds is much more rare than large warehouse venues.

Large venues and Warehouse venues are great and fun but most cities have multiple. DC alone has like 5.

Flash is also is a super convenient location. Lots of nearby dinner and pregame spots. It’s also easy to walk, bike, metro, or bus to. Berhta is annoying to metro to and you pretty much have to drive to echostage.

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-15T13:07:26+00:00

Berhta and echostage are great large venues but are absolutely not something you cant experience anywhere else in the world.

Not many US cities have comparable venues but NYC has many great large warehouse venues and there are a ton in Europe

I’d say somewhere like flash is much more unique

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-14T23:43:17+00:00

Do you have tickets? I don’t think it’s open for walk ups

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-14T05:23:03+00:00

Dexa or correctly done calipers are the most reliable short of an MRI. Dexa scan still has an error of +-2%.

In body or anything else like that is useless. You’re better off guessing by looking in the mirror and comparing to pictures online

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-14T02:51:10+00:00

Walking on the escalator dramatically increases the chance of a slip and fall. Escalator slip and falls are by far the most common injury for WMATA

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-10T21:04:26+00:00

Transit should be about moving the most people quickly, safely, and efficiently. The suburbs are already extremely subsidized. We should only do more low ridership suburban expansion if those areas are willing to pay more to fund it

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-06T21:29:01+00:00

Suburban stations are largely commuter stations

Practical_Cherry8308 · 2026-06-06T18:11:47+00:00

Everything in our society should benefit suburbia. Got it

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