[fhillary2]

The Washington Compost is all about smart growth.

Smart growth is nothing but NIMBYism. I can't stand all these @ssholes who move to Loudoun County and then want to close the gates for the rest of the folks fleeing the People's Republic's of Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax.

[hedgetrimmer]

Its worse than nimbyism. It is anti-property rights, it creates a planned society in the model of the soviet union. Smart growth designs are done in such a way to socially engineer residents into a collectivist ideology, instead of permitting America's hallmark of individualism. No amount of equivocating by authors such as this one, can change that.

[taxcutisapayraise]

For a top-notch rebuttal and expose to so-called "Smart Growth," refer to www.americandreamcoalition.org.

Randal O'Toole is the executive director and a delivers a first rate presentation.

[NYpeanut]

Exactly. When they say (gasp!) "sprawl" they mean the house built after theirs.

[tm22721]

I can't stand all these @ssholes who move to Loudoun County and then want to close the gates

Loudoun's fate is sealed. Rt 15 is already gridlocked. Loudoun shuts down when there's an accident on that two lane road.

I fled Fairfax 75 miles south to the mountains some 25 years ago and never regretted my decision.

But growth is catching up and unless the housing market soon crashes, I may be forced to relocate another 75 miles SW.

BUMP