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mistersmiley318 t1_j5lj58b wrote

Rowhomes/rowhouses/terraced homes. They don't get built because in 95% of America it's literally illegal to build homes like this due to all sorts of zoning regulations, (minimum lot size, setback requirements, etc) that came into existence after WWII. More locally, DC doesn't have that much non-developed land, so developers want to max out returns on their investment with big apartments instead of more modest rowhouses. Newbuilt rowhomes do still happen (see Navy Yard and NE) but they're very rare in DC itself.

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Joelpat t1_j5lmv5t wrote

They’re being built all over NE.

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k032 t1_j5lq3ml wrote

Yeah that's the main spot they are zoned for to be built from my understanding https://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=ae5830535a384a7f9ae40527f607b32e&section=3

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Joelpat t1_j5lsa64 wrote

As all the religious orders in Brookland run out of baby boomers to fund them, they are selling their land off to developers to build as many units as possible.

Also, Dakota Crossing down by Costco.

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MaintenanceTraining4 t1_j5ls5b7 wrote

It’s such a problem. Chancellors Row is rife with nonsense due to their “gated community without gates” nonsense.

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the5nowman t1_j5m7nwr wrote

And they’re getting absolutely ravaged by car thieves based on what I see too. On their “private streets.”

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MaintenanceTraining4 t1_j5m9uj9 wrote

They are super cute and fun when it comes to non-community members walking their streets. I can bet you know what they mean by that!!!

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the5nowman t1_j5pf6xi wrote

I made the mistake of walking through there, and when I put my coffee cup in one of the garbage cans, got massive stink eye from one of the people out walking their dogs. I can’t even begin to imagine what the kids there deal with at the schools. Looks like there’s one or two connected at the back of a street.

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6FeetBeneathTheMoon t1_j5mdyep wrote

What kind of nonsense? Jc, I used to be a dog walker for like half of those CR people.

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A_Swell_Gaytheist t1_j5lubuq wrote

Also worth pointing out much of the city still has minimum lot size requirements that preserve massive yards (looking at you, Ward 3)

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dc_dobbz t1_j5ocws8 wrote

DC zoning allows new row houses in most districts by-right, but you are correct that the lack of open land is a problem. The other issue is that huge swaths of our existing row house stock is under historic district restrictions, which makes demo and rebuild prohibitively expensive if not impossible.

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