> I'm not against mild zoning codes that merely slow down rather than block change. I was thinking along similar lines, yet I suspect that this won't happen fo

> I'm not against mild zoning codes that merely slow down rather than block change. I was thinking along similar lines, yet I suspect that this won't happen for various reasons even if NIMBYism is discounted. The layout of many suburban communities is less than ideal for commercial development, even something as innocent as a convenience store, since they are low density and unwalkable for community members while the roads are ill suited for traffic from outside of the community. Talking about gradually increasing height or unit restrictions sounds nice, yet I suspect that land and construction costs have been driven so high by existing zoning regulations that developers find smaller projects uneconomical.