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Zoning laws are so backwards that it borders on parody. Can we get a state-wide referendum to eliminate all but the most important zoning regulations and then l
by 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y ago
Zoning laws are so backwards that it borders on parody. Can we get a state-wide referendum to eliminate all but the most important zoning regulations and then let the cities grow naturally?
- peterwwillis 7y agoHow do you think zoning laws came about? We had no zoning laws, and then cities grew naturally, and then we had zoning laws. They exist as a result of real problems in the world. Now, some of those problems were definitively wrong [1], and we should clearly have a way to review, modify, and revoke zoning which is bad for society. But throwing them all out and doing nothing else is a quick way to welcome them right back. [1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States#Race-based_zoning_ordinances,_1910%E2%80%931917 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning_in_the_United_States#Ra...)