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Nice strawman bud.

• CaptainZapp 7y ago
  Where exactly is the strawman? Parent made argument that zoning is the whole problem, is bad and entrenches home owners. I provided two - albeit extreme - examples, why zoning is important. Methinks that the consequences of the libertarian arguments of DAMN REGULATION! are quite often rather badly thought through. And that's what I wanted to point out. Don't want to live near a tannery? Then you probably should be careful, when arguing for the abolishment of zoning and building regulations.
  • emblaegh 7y ago
    > Where exactly is the strawman? > Parent made argument that zoning is the whole problem Did I though? Or that did I made the argument that some of the zoning regulations contribute to the problem of housing markets being inefficient (which is a subset of the whole affordable housing problem)?
  • Macross8299 7y ago
    It's a strawman because you are pretending that arguing for less restrictions on residential zoning (allowing the construction of more housing) is equivalent to arguing that distinctions between residential/business zoning shouldn't exist at all. I can argue for more apartment blocks to be built without necessarily arguing for less regulations on the locations of brothers and hog farms.