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I live in Thailand (but not in a big city). Out here it's because if you find yourself without a home, you can go build one out of bamboo. If you have some frie
by technomancy 10y ago
I live in Thailand (but not in a big city). Out here it's because if you find yourself without a home, you can go build one out of bamboo. If you have some friends to help you, it can be done in a week.
- 0max 10y agoThe key being that the municipality won't give you crap for an "illegal settlement" until the land you're occupying suddenly becomes worth something.
- dsfyu404ed 10y agoIt doesn't have to be worth squat. Your "settlement" just has to rub someone with too much time on their hands the wrong way.
- aminok 10y agoRepealing zoning and building restrictions would go a long way to making the West the same. Land titles enforcement would still put up impediments to construction of makeshift housing, but making it so anyone with land can build a structure without needing a building permit or being limited by zoning would make the creation of housing supply significantly easier. Land is not all that expensive, after all.