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Last night, the Arlington County Board took a landmark step to allow the by-right development of 2-6 unit buildings throughout the county.

To builders, it’s a dream house. To policymakers, a “house out of scale with the neighbors .” To many onlookers, it’s yet another McMansion. And these looming, barn-like monuments derided as conspicuous consumption have proliferated on too-small lots in Arlington. In the debate over whether to a ...