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Too large shouldn't be a problem. Every large space can be trimmed down to a small space. If there are too many vacant shops in an area, and there would be a m

Too large shouldn't be a problem. Every large space can be trimmed down to a small space. If there are too many vacant shops in an area, and there would be a market for smaller shops, I would assume that tenants add walls and rent out the smaller space. Even if that walled-off space is unused, tenants would make more money than not renting out at all.

AnthonyMouse 6y ago
That's assuming the zoning allows the space to be subdivided.
- watt 6y ago
  Do you live in some kind of dictatorship? In a democracy there are tools how a community makes it allowed.
  - gladskdks 6y ago
    Yes. It's rules by the God Emperor Money II.
  - bobthepanda 6y ago
    In reality, democracy can be commandeered by well-organized groups of people that vote as a bloc. At the local level, this means that well-connected homeowner associations wield the power to ban density and commercial activity near where they live. The oft-cited counterexample to US restrictive zoning, Japan's permissive zoning, works because in Japan zoning type is decided at the national level and there are only 12 types of zoning that define maximum nuisance (so a blacklist). US zoning gets extremely nitty-gritty and is functionally a whitelist.
- m_mueller 6y ago
  I think you may have boiled the problem down to its essence. Search for Japanese vs. US zoning laws to see the two extremes. European countries tend to be somewhere in the middle. Same pattern can be observed with restaurant sizes and their variety.
  - remarkEon 6y ago
    Yep, it's this. Zoning laws in US urban centers are an absolute nightmare to navigate. If you have the time (and the gall) consider looking up the zoning laws that exist across what a normal person would consider "Los Angeles".
bobthepanda 6y ago
Kitchens need quite a lot (ventilation, gas hookups, water, electricity for the kitchen in the right places). You can't just throw up some false walls and call it a day. Even if you could, your landlord's lease terms probably don't let you sublease like that.

AnthonyMouse 6y ago

That's assuming the zoning allows the space to be subdivided.

watt 6y ago
Do you live in some kind of dictatorship? In a democracy there are tools how a community makes it allowed.
- gladskdks 6y ago
  Yes. It's rules by the God Emperor Money II.
- bobthepanda 6y ago
  In reality, democracy can be commandeered by well-organized groups of people that vote as a bloc. At the local level, this means that well-connected homeowner associations wield the power to ban density and commercial activity near where they live. The oft-cited counterexample to US restrictive zoning, Japan's permissive zoning, works because in Japan zoning type is decided at the national level and there are only 12 types of zoning that define maximum nuisance (so a blacklist). US zoning gets extremely nitty-gritty and is functionally a whitelist.
m_mueller 6y ago
I think you may have boiled the problem down to its essence. Search for Japanese vs. US zoning laws to see the two extremes. European countries tend to be somewhere in the middle. Same pattern can be observed with restaurant sizes and their variety.
- remarkEon 6y ago
  Yep, it's this. Zoning laws in US urban centers are an absolute nightmare to navigate. If you have the time (and the gall) consider looking up the zoning laws that exist across what a normal person would consider "Los Angeles".

bobthepanda 6y ago

Kitchens need quite a lot (ventilation, gas hookups, water, electricity for the kitchen in the right places). You can't just throw up some false walls and call it a day. Even if you could, your landlord's lease terms probably don't let you sublease like that.