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Houston has zoning though in the form of very high parking requirements, and it's exactly why there are sprawling strip malls for miles. A better example of wha
by zjaffee 8y ago
Houston has zoning though in the form of very high parking requirements, and it's exactly why there are sprawling strip malls for miles. A better example of what a city without zoning would look like is New York (since most of the buildings were built before modern zoning locked what was there historically in place), but especially the tenement districts of the lower east side.
- nikanj 8y agoManhattan has churches next to skyscrapers next to liquor stores, and nobody seems too bothered
- Dirlewanger 8y agoBecause you don't need a car to get to most places. Houston is the antithesis of NYC in terms of urban planning.