I don't disagree. I fall in the DINK category, but even we cannot afford many of the places that are inside the loop, or even near there. I know some people w

I don't disagree. I fall in the DINK category, but even we cannot afford many of the places that are inside the loop, or even near there. I know some people who do live in the Montrose area (rapidly rising price), and they do so by putting 3 single developers in one house. Once you get married, that becomes less attractive, and you end up forced out of the loop (like we did) - I'm in the process of buying a house conveniently located under 5 minutes from work just inside BW8, and I still can't walk there - doing so would require crossing the Beltway at high traffic times, and I don't care to greatly increase my risk of death five days a week. I'm actually a big proponent of public transportation and increased options for travel, and am really glad when they get implemented, but purely for selfish reasons - it means less people on the roads. I'll gladly pay a bit more in taxes to make the roads less of a logjam at most hours of the day.