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Most of the time those are determined locally, not at the state or national level. Usually by a city council and zoning board heavily informed by its wealthiest
by KirinDave 6y ago
Most of the time those are determined locally, not at the state or national level. Usually by a city council and zoning board heavily informed by its wealthiest citizens.
- seibelj 6y agoWhat point are you trying to make? The end result is you can’t do what you want with your own land.
- KirinDave 6y agoPeople like to make this argument as a blind for, "I am tired of building buildings with expensive seismic retrofitting and anti-fire measures, or to even consider they have modern electrical infrastructure." I don't like those arguments very much, as they place an unfair burden on buyers and often represent burdens on already wealthy people, who tent to project far more burdens than they shoulder. But if we're talking about "the homeowners around us are using the government to enforce scarcity because they love being ghoulish landlords rather than productive members of society" they yeah, I'm on board with you. Both of these fit through the keyhole of "building regulation" so I'm trying to draw lines to show you where I stand.
- seibelj 6y agoI am less opposed to requirements about what must be in a structure for safety of yourself and surroundings. I am very opposed to preventing building whatsoever, or artificial limits to density. People think when they buy a house they have the right to ensure everything around them changes as little as possible. I disagree - you have the right to your own land not changing, but you should not be able to stop your neighbor.