In my suburban region there are 100 local building departments. I'm not kidding. There are villages that have not allowed for anything new since they were found

In my suburban region there are 100 local building departments. I'm not kidding. There are villages that have not allowed for anything new since they were founded in the 1920s. These are inner ring suburbs that have not allowed for essentially any new construction or redevelopment for a hundred years. We literally had one local village attempt to stop the state from expanding the commuter rail system.