I'm 56 years old and my youngest child graduated from college a couple years ago. Thought I'd be retiring here - live in 22205. But face it, the County isn't being honest about the costs Amazon will impose on Arlington residents, especially on homeowners. Those costs are in addition to the the costs that will be imposed on us from County Government wanting to in-fill and urbanize the entire County, neighborhood-by-neighborhood.
Who wants to live in a neighborhood where most single family homes are 'repurposed' into bed-and-breakfasts, child care for up to 9 children, McMansions renovated into 1-bedroom apartments, and with neighborhood schools at capacity 3 years after another school addition is constructed? Not me.
Consequently, I'm selling my well-preserved larger home on a nice-size lot and leaving Arlington for a community where I won't see my real estate taxes increase every year to reward one-party government's pet constituencies and watch neighborhood streets become gridlocked to the point I won't be able to back out of my driveway.
The last election was a referendum on fiscal and social responsibility in County Government, and it's obvious we're going back to the era of neighborhood parks becoming $1.8 million dog spas and out-of-control pub crawls.
Then there's one-party government that gets worse every year, to the point where public meetings are charades because everything's decided by a handful of VIPs in secret.
Thanks for this blog.
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