If you missed the great comment thread on this morning’s Breakfast Links, it’s a great microcosm of the Smart Growth debate, from the desirability of greater density to the question of whether families with children can live in a walkable city.

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.