I up to the red light. Stop before the line. To my side, gas stations, a couple restaurants, and happy people in a happy community. The delight of a small town feeling where everybody knows everybody. It makes life feel so simple and sweet. I heard a rumor about low income houses being put up in Damascus, but I didn't believe it was going to happen. A few weeks ago I noticed that there was some construction going on behind the post office. In my head, I thought wow this cannot be right. Why is this happening to this small hometown. The building should not be happening this to the town of Damascus because it will change Damascus for the worse. Moderately priced dwelling units (The MPDU) should not be built in Damascus because it will bring in more crime and will cause Damascus to be a non rural small
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Schools are filling up, traffic is getting heavier, and people are getting upset. MPDU stands for moderately priced dwelling units. Typically people who move into these are low income families or people. units being built do not include laundry machines in them, and the parking will be underneath the building. Nothing was supposed to be built over three stories or bigger than the school. Something ironic about the MPDU being put in Damascus is that they are right across from the Dollar Tree. Clearly there was some clever thinking behind this whole project.
Further into the topic having low income housing in Damascus would be a poor decision because it can “radiate dysfunction and social problems outward, damaging local businesses and neighborhood property values. They hurt cities by inhibiting or even preventing these rundown areas from coming back to life by attracting higher-income homesteaders and new business investment” according to Howard Husock from From The
Schools are filling up, traffic is getting heavier, and people are getting upset. MPDU stands for moderately priced dwelling units. Typically people who move into these are low income families or people. units being built do not include laundry machines in them, and the parking will be underneath the building. Nothing was supposed to be built over three stories or bigger than the school. Something ironic about the MPDU being put in Damascus is that they are right across from the Dollar Tree. Clearly there was some clever thinking behind this whole project.
Further into the topic having low income housing in Damascus would be a poor decision because it can “radiate dysfunction and social problems outward, damaging local businesses and neighborhood property values. They hurt cities by inhibiting or even preventing these rundown areas from coming back to life by attracting higher-income homesteaders and new business investment” according to Howard Husock from From The