The negatives of these zoning laws are vastly worse than most people know. US GDP would be 50% higher than it is now if we did not have exclusionary zoning law

The negatives of these zoning laws are vastly worse than most people know. US GDP would be 50% higher than it is now if we did not have exclusionary zoning laws. (https://www.theregreview.org/2018/06/14/somogyi-zoning-codes-gdp/ https://www.theregreview.org/2018/06/14/somogyi-zoning-codes...) If New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area alone removed their exclusionary and needlessly restrictive zoning laws, the average worker's income would rise by $9,000 per year.