China, coffee, housing and music. Currently @apcoworldwide, formerly @McLartyAssoc. Proud @UVA and @HopkinsNanjing alum.
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Really insightful point here from @Jacob_T_Gunter, whose experiences resonate with my own.
Sometimes I feel like I need a refresher course @HopkinsNanjing because China has changed so much since our time there.
So happy to see the Arlington County Board place itself on the right side of history. This doesn't fix the housing crisis but it is a significant step in the right direction.
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
@margaretbarthel I also said that my grandmother, who served for 24 years on the Arlington County Board and modeled the Arlington Way, would have swiftly condemned the notion that one group of Arlingtonians is more important than others.
Ellen believed that a diverse community is a strong community, and she spent her life seeking to make everyone- long time neighbors, newcomers, renters, BIPOC and others- felt welcome.
@margaretbarthel thank you for your great reporting Saturday! Talk about stamina.
This was frankly shocking to hear said out loud.
This comment reinforces the feeling among younger Arlingtonians, a much higher percentage of whom are renters, that they are perceived as unwelcome and unimportant by longer term residents. @margaretbarthel xitter.cf/margaretbarthel/status…
This is the debate about missing middle is not just about adding gentle density- it highlights there are starkly different philosophies among Arlingtonians about the importance of welcoming new people from diverse backgrounds.
.@JerusalemDemsas telling it like it is on the housing crisis in @TheAtlantic :
"As I’ve followed the scapegoat story, I’ve also been struck by the implicit suggestion that renters are less worthy of single-family homes than owner-occupants are....
Rosalind Reischer retweeted
Patrick Lozada recently bought a home in Arlington and was eager to buy into an inclusive community. “When people complain about the new people on Columbia Pike, you’re complaining about me.”
Glad to see this report from @margaretbarthel, which notes the misinformation spread by opponents of missing middle.
Arlington County already does so much to promote affordable housing in Arlington- missing middle would use market forces to promote ACCESSIBLE housing prices.
New year, new way to engage with the foreign policy community- I'm thrilled to have been selected to join the 2023 cohort of the @FP4America NextGen initiative!
I look forward to making 2023 a year of connection- and action.
#FP4ANextGen2023
Really good essay from a fellow Arlingtonian about the community she grew up in, and what it has turned into. She also discussed a critical neighborhood that has the most egregious anti-Missing Middle propaganda I've seen in Arlington- Lyon Village.
really proud to share a personal essay on why I support the effort to introduce missing middle housing in my hometown of Arlington, VA -- and why you should support YIMBY policies in your hometowns too
washingtonmonthly.com/2022/1…
"NIMBYs would tell you it belongs to the existing homeowners—even in places like Arlington, where the majority of residents are renters—and that change is inherently negative. But a place’s existence is contingent on its ability to evolve... "
Single family zoning is an inherently racist policy. @asfvirginia has distributed signs with racist messaging all over Arlington, with the very weak cover of sustainability. This ad is just saying the quiet part out loud.
THIS thread re: Taiwan from @JimMillward. Much needed rational context amid a devolving, reactionary conversation in the DC Twittersphere on Pelosi's trip.
Where were all these people fr right and left, now so panicked about Pelosi’s travels starting WW3, when Trump put tariffs on $300+ billion of Chinese exports for no reason whatsoever, and to no result? And btw, cautious Biden admin still haven’t lifted them. 1/n
