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Originally Posted by alco89
I knew this comment was coming! 
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I weighed saying nothing, but couldn’t refrain. I try not to be a hard head, although I admit I can be entrenched in views where it takes detailed facts to convince me otherwise. Will note ATL J is right about the townhomes per acre, I was off on that. But 8.5 acres for townhomes isn’t that far off from the units proposed, either (255 units at 30/acre compared w/ 316 units at Skylark). Some economic realities in Atlanta are just too obvious and I don’t understand why people push back so hard without sound logic. My main point is we should be demanding more of our city to demand more from our developers. We have a vast amount of financial investment occurring in the city, far greater than numerous other metros, and people act like we should settle for less than mediocre planning. I’m not of that faith.
Here’s the site plan: