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>This in Houston. They already have some of the most lax zoning in the country. Houston has zoning, they just don't call it zoning, and it's a mess. https://k

>This in Houston. They already have some of the most lax zoning in the country. Houston has zoning, they just don't call it zoning, and it's a mess. https://kinder.rice.edu/2015/09/08/forget-what-youve-heard-houston-really-does-have-zoning-sort-of https://kinder.rice.edu/2015/09/08/forget-what-youve-heard-h... The parent was talking about the government getting out of the way and letting people build denser neighborhoods. Japan has a good zoning model, based on population density and flexible land use. In the U.S. zoning is used to restrict the supply of housing. Building codes exist for safety. What is the reason for zoning? To protect to investment of current homeowners and screw everyone else?

toomuchtodo 7y ago
Zoning is so that a meat packing plant isn’t built next to a residential neighborhood. I won’t disagree that there are challenges with zoning, where upzoning is an uphill battle (I myself face these challenges as a real estate investor who prefers to build multi family properties in an effort to create affordable housing), but I understand why it exists and have an appreciation for the intent behind it.
- enaaem 7y ago
  But what if I want to build a home next to a meatpacking plant? The Japanese zoning system designates nuisance levels to land. The lowest level only allows residential and the highest allows industrial. The general principal is that you are allowed build a low nuisance building in a high nuisance zone, but not vice versa.