Since Brawldud is playing good cop here, let me play the bad one.

Jesus fucking christ madam moneybags, this would have probably very little impact on your day to day. The system is obviously fucked, at least there's an effort to try and fix it. You're a perfect example of a NIMBY. We don't have rent control here in Arlington! I make a lot of money by conventional standards and I can still barely afford it here. You sound like someone who has profited from this fucked system - which I don't blame you for. Good for you! If you were able to work hard and afford to buy property, congrats. But let me tell you now, I could work super fucking hard on MY salary and still not be able to afford property in this area for YEARS and I think thats fucked. I can't imagine what it's like for people making the average in this area. This isn't entitlement, this is basic human decency. If anything here, you're the entitled one.

My question is if you've got your house and your car and your backyard then why step on people who simply want a place to live? You said you'd hate to commute to work 2 hours. But I bet you stop by the starbucks drive thru on your way out every morning no? Maybe grab a sandwich at the shop across from your office? Happy hour after work? Swing by the gas station for a fill-up? Get your groceries for the week? Who the FUCK do you think does these jobs, the fucking holy spirit? Why the fuck should anyone have to commute 2 hours to work? Cities are where the fucking JOBS are, you can't just go to suburbia and expect to find "lucrative work closer". What a close minded statement. Most of those people probably work way harder than you do, then have to commute 2 hours home after. Fuck you. If I took away your house/money/cars/investments whatever and told you to start from square 1 as a college graduate (debt included) right now - I bet you couldn't do it. Suburbs were a mistake, they continue to be a mistake, and while it's too late to fully fix it - at least we can amend some of the zoning. And thats something I'm all for. And something I'd be happy to put my tax dollars to.

You ever drive down 66? 395? You're telling me that you enjoy that fucking parking lot that entails during the morning and evening rush hours? You like paying a fucking $10 toll just to get into the city? You think making the roads bigger are gonna help? Fuck no. We need to invest in more affordable high-density housing AND public transportation - and its shits like you who sit in their fucking 9 person SUV that is parked doing absolutely nothing 98% of the time (look up the stat if you don't believe me) that's not letting an antiquated system die. "the unwashed on public transportation" jesus christ the absolute massive balls on you. How about you go to a country that does public transportation right - and you see just how much better that makes life. You go to France, and its faster to take the train than drive - every time. Don't get me started on Japan. Cleanest (and fastest) trains you've ever seen. It's possible.

Nobody's saying you hate anyone. I'm glad you have sympathy for the "working poor" - thats a good start. Next step is taking actual steps to fix a system that has kept poor people poor for generations. This country, the classic American dream is supposed to reward hard work, thats what the beauty of it was. Maybe you're old enough that it even worked for you. Unfortunately that is no longer the case, and unless farts like you get your heads out of your asses (or i guess out from under your piles of money) - this country is going to fall to shit because like it or not you depend on the working class. Pick up a history book and you'll see that whenever the working class is kept poor for too long, the guillotines come out.

Also jesus christ fucking vote you twat. I don't give a damn what you vote for, but get your lazy ass up and vote. It's SO easy - and the whole point of democracy. The fact that you donate money instead of voting shows just how fucked the system is here. Shouldn't be something you proudly brag about. Curb stomp the missing middle with votes, not money.

I hate having to get involved on social media drama and don't expect a response from me after this, but goddamn I saw your comment and had to say something. I'm not saying this is a perfect solution, but it's a step in the right direction. Wish you could see that. The opposite of affordable housing is unaffordable housing. HOUSING. As in a roof over your head. Think about that.