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Do we really need zoning, at all? Avoiding things like heavy industry, or weddings, concerts, etc, near a residence can be done with noise ordinances. I would
by ars 4y ago
Do we really need zoning, at all?
Avoiding things like heavy industry, or weddings, concerts, etc, near a residence can be done with noise ordinances.
I wouldn't want to leave near a Chinese restaurant, but not because it's a Chinese restaurant, but rather because of the food smoke - so regulate smoke output, not the type of business.
Etc, etc, for other reasons people give for zoning - regulate the thing the bothers people, not the type of business.
- milkytron 4y ago> Etc, etc, for other reasons people give for zoning - regulate the thing the bothers people, not the type of business. For a lot of people, more people around them is bothersome. This is problematic in cities that attract people when existing residents don't want any more.
- bradknowles 4y agoThat's a nice theory, but then you run into the people who think that all regulations should be abolished and that free markets will solve all problems. They fail to understand that in this modern political Citizens United world, there are no free markets. All markets are inherently distorted by the companies trying to corner their markets so that they can charge whatever they want and suck up all the money in the universe.