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I personally propose the removal of ALL restrictions on building; zoning, HOAs, deed restrictions, housing covenants, etc. should all be eliminated (Personally

I personally propose the removal of ALL restrictions on building; zoning, HOAs, deed restrictions, housing covenants, etc. should all be eliminated (Personally I think this goes against the 14th amendment and that Euclid V Ambler and the Slaughterhouse cases were both ruled wrong, and as such these are all illegal against the constitution). But, this sounds like Marc Andreessen's wife is a NIMBY, and Marc Andreessen didn't sign this, or didn't feel like arguing against his wife in public.

davidw 4y ago
You might enjoy this book: https://islandpress.org/books/arbitrary-lines https://islandpress.org/books/arbitrary-lines - he makes the case that we should get rid of zoning. Of course, there's some nuance to it, but it's worth a look. He's got a lot of expertise.
Justin_K 4y ago
Would you be ok if someone stood up a motorcycle repair shop next door? That ran 24 hour operations?
- darksaints 4y ago
  Why is it that we always get absolutely ridiculous hypotheticals like this? 24 hour motorcycle repair operations? Really? Do we need to ban companies from making unsafe car tires out of earwax and chicken bones too? Or maybe could we just understand that that shit isn't gonna happen for a myriad of reasons? All of the theoretical protections that zoning affords us are already granted to us via better mechanisms. For example, noise ordinances. Why ban motorcycle shops when you can ban noise above a specific threshold? When you combine nuisance laws and environmental laws and market incentives, you've already ruled out every possible boogyman coming to ruin your quaint bougie neighborhood. All of them except the poors living in apartments.
  - Justin_K 4y ago
    Yea, this never happens: https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/what-can-i-do-about-the-motorcycle-shop-under-my-a-4099427.html https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/what-can-i-do-about-the-m...
- harambae 4y ago
  I know this is tangential to your point -- but that place really doesn't exist. I've been taking my dirtbike and street bike to various repair shops for over a decade - I can't think of a single one that was even open on Sundays. Maybe the sales floor had Sunday hours, but the repair guys took the day off.
  - Justin_K 4y ago
    Did it ever dawn on you that it doesn't exist because of zoning laws? LOL....
    - harambae 4y ago
      Extremely unlikely. If they can give test rides on Sunday afternoon they could do repairs. And 24/7 would be way more insane.
azinman2 4y ago
The. You’d love Houston. School next to an oil refinery next to housing next to a mall.

davidw 4y ago

You might enjoy this book: https://islandpress.org/books/arbitrary-lines https://islandpress.org/books/arbitrary-lines - he makes the case that we should get rid of zoning. Of course, there's some nuance to it, but it's worth a look. He's got a lot of expertise.

Justin_K 4y ago

Would you be ok if someone stood up a motorcycle repair shop next door? That ran 24 hour operations?

darksaints 4y ago
Why is it that we always get absolutely ridiculous hypotheticals like this? 24 hour motorcycle repair operations? Really? Do we need to ban companies from making unsafe car tires out of earwax and chicken bones too? Or maybe could we just understand that that shit isn't gonna happen for a myriad of reasons? All of the theoretical protections that zoning affords us are already granted to us via better mechanisms. For example, noise ordinances. Why ban motorcycle shops when you can ban noise above a specific threshold? When you combine nuisance laws and environmental laws and market incentives, you've already ruled out every possible boogyman coming to ruin your quaint bougie neighborhood. All of them except the poors living in apartments.
- Justin_K 4y ago
  Yea, this never happens: https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/what-can-i-do-about-the-motorcycle-shop-under-my-a-4099427.html https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/what-can-i-do-about-the-m...
harambae 4y ago
I know this is tangential to your point -- but that place really doesn't exist. I've been taking my dirtbike and street bike to various repair shops for over a decade - I can't think of a single one that was even open on Sundays. Maybe the sales floor had Sunday hours, but the repair guys took the day off.
- Justin_K 4y ago
  Did it ever dawn on you that it doesn't exist because of zoning laws? LOL....
  - harambae 4y ago
    Extremely unlikely. If they can give test rides on Sunday afternoon they could do repairs. And 24/7 would be way more insane.

azinman2 4y ago

The. You’d love Houston. School next to an oil refinery next to housing next to a mall.