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The parking space rule exists so black people can't move into cheap apartments that would exist without it.
by wbl 7y ago
The parking space rule exists so black people can't move into cheap apartments that would exist without it.
- PaulDavisThe1st 7y agoAssuming this to be true (though see my reply about zoning below - I think this is an incomplete answer), then that's great, you have now cleared Chesterton's Fence, and are in a position to propose a replacement. But notice how utterly different your argument is to the OP, who talked about excessive government regulation, regulatory capture and so on. (and yes, one can make a case that codification of racism in law statutes is a kind of regulatory capture, but it's really not what most people mean when they use that term)
- gamblor956 7y agoAs large apartment buildings pre-date zoning regulations, parking space requirements, and in older East Coast cities even cars, that assertion is clearly false...