One great thing about zoning reform is that it's a topic where progressives and Silicon Valley types, i.e. "the grey tribe" [0], have a lot of common ground. I

One great thing about zoning reform is that it's a topic where progressives and Silicon Valley types, i.e. "the grey tribe" [0], have a lot of common ground. I (and presumably many HN readers) support zoning reform for all the typical grey tribe reasons, and progressives support it because they recognize the racist history of zoning laws, which I also find persuasive [1,2]. The more common ground we can find between tribes like this, the less, I think, it will feel like America is coming apart at the seams. [0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anythin... [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/25/snob-zoning-is-racial-housing-segregation-by-another-name/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/25/snob-... [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-history-portland/492035/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/racist-...