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You are making several assumptions about people that are both condescending and ignorant. I have lived in large cities and comparing the rental rates of what would be high rent apartments in a big city and high end apartments here is comparing apples to oranges. I am not against multi family housing in areas that are primarily single family structures, but they need to, at minimum, meet the economic level of the surrounding area. Preferably, they should be slightly higher given the effect they tend to have on the immediate surrounding area.
I am not sure what I said that was condescending. If you read all my posts you will see that I have been trying to help. You also seem to overlook my last statement which was:
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Now, there is nothing so far that will ensure these are developed as high end apartments but that is not what is being debated currently by P&Z. Instead, this would be handled during the approval process for the site plan and if I lived in the area I might voice my concerns to ensure the proper restrictions are put into place to ensure this is a higher end apartment.
See, I am trying to help. You are right in that you need to ensure these are built as high end apartments. My post was trying to make sure people know to get involved during the site planning process because that is where you might be able to make a difference. Fighting the rezoning is a waste of time in my opinion.
One restriction I would ask the city to place on the apartments is to not allow "individual leases". This is the common type of leases for students nowadays where they are more or less renting a bedroom and get matched up with other students if they don't have roommates themselves. I would also ask the city to impose the restriction that disallows any more than two unrelated individuals living in the same apartment. This is a similar restriction placed on single family homes. If these two restrictions get put on the property I think you would highly cut down on the number of students and help ensure it is mostly families and young professionals living there.
Lastly, I never said the rent you would get on these apartments would be the same as those in big cities. I am saying if the apartments are build to the right standards then the rent will be higher than most in town and I also stand by the comment that the rent would be higher than the average mortgage in Shenandoah.