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>No one would be happy if you tore down a block of apartments in NY to put up a cute little Craftsman with room for a private dirt bike track. If you own the l
by carom 4y ago
>No one would be happy if you tore down a block of apartments in NY to put up a cute little Craftsman with room for a private dirt bike track.
If you own the land you should be able to do what you want with it. If you want a single family home, that is fine. If you want a 10-plex, also fine. Cities are making development and renting as painful as possible then being shocked when people opt out of being landlords. If it is more desirable to have a craftsman and a dirtbike track than a multi unit building then the city's incentives are horribly skewed. One of those effectively prints money so we have to ask why someone isn't opting to do it. At the same time, it is their land and they should be able to use it how they wish.
- ancapsfascists 4y agoYeah, why should we do any planning or zoning at all! Every individual is equipped with all the knowledge and expertise to make good planning decisions that impact their neighborhoods! /s
- dgoodell 4y agoWhat is the correct amount of freedom to build? Do we have too much or too little? How do you know if we have the right amount of freedom?
- voldacar 4y ago
- carom 4y agoHow is the current planning and zoning working out for affordability?
- ancapsfascists 4y agoToo soon to say. Seattle just opened up zoning after fighting a bunch of nimby pushback. Prices seem to have fallen very very recently. Hopefully the upzoning helps more.