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> While it would be kinda neat -- as an experiment -- to see how a city would develop without zoning, Houston sure as heck isn't that example. It seems to me t
by InitialLastName 7y ago
> While it would be kinda neat -- as an experiment -- to see how a city would develop without zoning, Houston sure as heck isn't that example.
It seems to me that Houston is a great example of that experiment: in the absence of a formal centralized zoning system, the vacuum of limiting who can build structure x in location y is filled by informal and labyrinthine arrangements.
- lurquer 7y agoIndeed. This idea always comes to mind when I hear people wonder out loud what a true 'anarchist' society would look like... I privately answer, "Pretty much exactly like what we have now."
- asdff 7y agoIf you want to see anarchy one only needs to visit Venice Beach.
- antognini 7y agoReminds me of a famous essay in the anarchist literature: "Do we ever really get out of anarchy?" by Alfred Cuzán https://uwf.edu/media/university-of-west-florida/colleges/cassh/departments/government/cdocs/II.A.1.-Cuzan-1979-Do-We-Ever-Really-Get-Out-of-Anarchy.pdf https://uwf.edu/media/university-of-west-florida/colleges/ca...
- zip1234 7y agoThe issue isn't necessarily zoning per se. The issue is that zoning as practiced in most of the US is centered around cars first. This means segregating usage and type completely and placing everything far apart with lots of parking and space between things.