Woonerfing In An Earth-Toned New Year: What's Hot and What's Not in 2017

Has 2016 got you down? After a year that felt a lot like this, we're all ready to see what a new year will look like. So once again, this filthy "web log" is offering its totally original "In/Out List" for 2017. Take heed, or prepare to "graduate" to Ashburn, where particleboard is always "in" and the parking is (still) free, the end.

OUT	IN
Brutalism	Woonerf
Reston's Seven Principles	Elitism
Road diets	Traffic circles
High-rise mauvescrapers	High-rise schools
Silver Line	Scrapping the Silver Line
CGI grannies	CGI dealmakers
Free parking	Dubious smartphone apps
AirBnB	Tiny studio apartments
Cougars at Jacksons	Bobcats everywhere else
Parallelograms	Wavy architectural adornments
Long waits for traffic improvements	No wait for new taxes to pay for them
Community outreach	Crisis management
Unsuccessful court challenges	Unchecked development through regular channels
Pokemon	Weevils
Lake House	Leak House
Trojan horses	Spillway art
Consonants	Vowels

Same, CGI Granny. SAME.