The Washington Post has an fascinating story about how fancy housing development planners are disguising the required “affordable housing” into townhouses, so they look more like the nearby mansions. (Good commentary on Plastic about it, too.) The small picture gives you an idea of the kind of monstrosities people are building now. Yuck.
“People don’t want to live near a $120,000 town house,” said one planner.
Boo hoo.
Reminds me of my condo building, where you can rent a boat slip on the lake for a nominal fee, but only if you own a unit and live there. Renters and absentee owners aren’t even eligible. The board is deathly worried about the “flip-flop factor,” with lots of “low-class” people coming down to use the dock. Horrors! I figure if we rented out the slips to all comers, we could reduce or even eliminate our condo fee. Snobbery has its price.