Texan cities have zoning laws. Texas just has a lot of flat, hot land that people really don't fight over so development happens quickly. Houston was a famous

Texan cities have zoning laws. Texas just has a lot of flat, hot land that people really don't fight over so development happens quickly. Houston was a famous example of a city that didn't have zoning laws (you just had to provide parking) and was praised for it, but then was discovered to allowed development in an area the US govt declared for flooding. To be fair, Houston really didn't need zoning laws to prevent development in a designated flood area, but still someone would have mentioned it if I didn't.