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Vancouver used to be the city with the highest proportion of single family dwelling zoning in North America. It was the example of SFH zoning in "Zoned in the U
by nickff 5y ago
Vancouver used to be the city with the highest proportion of single family dwelling zoning in North America. It was the example of SFH zoning in "Zoned in the USA", a very good book on the history of zoning in North America.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoWhy would Vancouver be used as an example of “Zoned in the USA”? Unless that was meant to be tongue and cheek?
- nickff 5y agoVancouver had the highest proportion of single-family house zoning in North America, and the book was really about Canada and the USA, not just the latter.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoIf it is not meant as a joke, they might be referring to the other Vancouver next to that active volcano.
- nickff 5y agoI read the book, and that section was very clearly about Vancouver, British Columbia; Vancouver, Washington was not discussed.
- ripley12 5y agoNorth American zoning shares a lot of the same origins in both Canada and the USA; Vancouver's first zoning code was drafted by Harland Bartholomew who did a lot of American cities' first zoning codes.