Took the words out of my mouth. Zoning laws need to be completely overhauled and changed to be planned by the state, not local government. When you let local t

Took the words out of my mouth. Zoning laws need to be completely overhauled and changed to be planned by the state, not local government. When you let local town hall meetings give their input on every single development, it heavily hinders the ability of housing supply to keep up with demand. States need to create universal zoning laws that adapt to different situations and if a building meets it, it's automatically approved, full stop. Holding up development by town hall meeting should be for exceptional cases where there's a gray area in meeting the zoning law, not the norm. Can you imagine what NYC would look like today if they let local homeowners block every single building until their every desire was satisfied? It would be a shell of the metropolis it is today. Homeowners need to get out of their head this idea that when you buy a home, you're entitled to a neighborhood that stays frozen in time to how you liked it. The only thing they have a say on is their own property, and thats it.