You don't see a thousand years of different history to change zoning rules and incentives now. Significant change will take many years, even decades, but that's

You don't see a thousand years of different history to change zoning rules and incentives now. Significant change will take many years, even decades, but that's all the more reason to start as soon as possible. > "medium density small towns" in Europe Don't make excuses here. We chose poorly, and we're suffering for it, and so is the environment. Yes, there are historical reasons for why we have sprawliness and car dominance, but nobody made us do it. Don't deny people's agency. > It's absurd to imply that the only difference between a place like rural Oklahoma and rural Bavaria is "zoning rules" and "property taxes"... It's a pretty good thing I didn't do that, then. Perhaps you should try replying to the comment I made, rather than the one you invented.