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It's not that we have forgotten. It's the fact that regulation, time to get approval, and other red tape make the timeline longer. Gone are the days when things

It's not that we have forgotten. It's the fact that regulation, time to get approval, and other red tape make the timeline longer. Gone are the days when things just get done.

sharemywin 9y ago
But, from what the article was pointing out we're comparing place like france and japan which have as many if not more regulations.
- aaronarduino 9y ago
  It's not how many regulations there are, it's more about how much time and effort it takes to conform to the regulations.
  - sharemywin 9y ago
    So, your argument is we enforce are regulations better?
- sigstoat 9y ago
  i wonder what compliance is actually like. for instance: countries X, and Z could both have the same list of rules on the books, but folks in country X actually comply with the rules even when nobody is looking, whereas folks in country Z just look at the rules and ignore all the ones they think are stupid.
- Decade 9y ago
  Really shallow analysis. A lot of the US regulations are just really bad. Does France have labor unions who force employers to hire people to stand around not doing anything useful? Is Japan’s environmental quality law so open-ended that it’s hardly ever actually used for the environment? http://www.planningreport.com/2015/12/21/new-ceqa-study-reveals-widespread-abuse-legal-process-non-environmentalists http://www.planningreport.com/2015/12/21/new-ceqa-study-reve... Just recently, I was watching a housing development in San Francisco, and the neighborhood merchants’ association filed a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) appeal to the Board of Supervisors claiming the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) was inadequate. Strangely, the Board of Supervisors refused to consider the merits of this claim, but kept delaying the hearing to talk about it. After 6 months, the merchants’ association withdrew their complaint. Was it because the EIR was fine after all? No. It was because the local area’s supervisor, the merchants’ association, and the developer did backroom negotiations until the developer gave enough concessions that the merchants’ association was satisfied. These concessions will inevitably come out as higher prices for housing. https://missionlocal.org/2017/05/deal-approved-to-green-light-folsom-st-development/ https://missionlocal.org/2017/05/deal-approved-to-green-ligh...

It's not that we have forgotten. It's the fact that regulation, time to get approval, and other red tape make the timeline longer. Gone are the days when things just get done.

sharemywin 9y ago

But, from what the article was pointing out we're comparing place like france and japan which have as many if not more regulations.

aaronarduino 9y ago
It's not how many regulations there are, it's more about how much time and effort it takes to conform to the regulations.
- sharemywin 9y ago
  So, your argument is we enforce are regulations better?
sigstoat 9y ago
i wonder what compliance is actually like. for instance: countries X, and Z could both have the same list of rules on the books, but folks in country X actually comply with the rules even when nobody is looking, whereas folks in country Z just look at the rules and ignore all the ones they think are stupid.
Decade 9y ago
Really shallow analysis. A lot of the US regulations are just really bad. Does France have labor unions who force employers to hire people to stand around not doing anything useful? Is Japan’s environmental quality law so open-ended that it’s hardly ever actually used for the environment? http://www.planningreport.com/2015/12/21/new-ceqa-study-reveals-widespread-abuse-legal-process-non-environmentalists http://www.planningreport.com/2015/12/21/new-ceqa-study-reve... Just recently, I was watching a housing development in San Francisco, and the neighborhood merchants’ association filed a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) appeal to the Board of Supervisors claiming the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) was inadequate. Strangely, the Board of Supervisors refused to consider the merits of this claim, but kept delaying the hearing to talk about it. After 6 months, the merchants’ association withdrew their complaint. Was it because the EIR was fine after all? No. It was because the local area’s supervisor, the merchants’ association, and the developer did backroom negotiations until the developer gave enough concessions that the merchants’ association was satisfied. These concessions will inevitably come out as higher prices for housing. https://missionlocal.org/2017/05/deal-approved-to-green-light-folsom-st-development/ https://missionlocal.org/2017/05/deal-approved-to-green-ligh...