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Lax zoning laws has created its own set of problems for Houston -- infamously horrible sprawl, for one.
by Wingman4l7 11y ago
Lax zoning laws has created its own set of problems for Houston -- infamously horrible sprawl, for one.
- ska 11y agoNot sure why you are getting downvoted. Houston's lack of zoning laws (there are HOAs, mind) has certainly created its own set of problems. A friend of mine once described it as less of a city and more of a vast collection of suburbs connected by strip malls - and that isn't entirely unfair. Whether you view it as "horrible sprawl" or "affordable housing" sort of depends on where you sit, I guess.
- eru 11y agoSee http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2011/11/30/the_myth_of_zoning_free_houston.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2011/11/30/the_myth_of_z...
- chao- 11y agoThe lack of zoning in Houston has its upsides and downsides, but it has comparatively little to do with the sprawl. The sprawl is mostly a result of the manner by which Houston chose to grow: by annexing neighboring municipalities that were growing quickest to gobble up their tax dollars. And even for all that famous sprawl, Houston is seeing the same sort of urban in-fill that every other major US metro area is seeing... it just has a lot more land to fill before it achieves similar density.