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Tokyo is not a free-for-all. It does zone for different uses by forbidding certain uses above a certain nuisance or hazard level. For instance, in many areas yo
by BenFranklin100 4y ago
Tokyo is not a free-for-all. It does zone for different uses by forbidding certain uses above a certain nuisance or hazard level. For instance, in many areas you can’t just plop down a chemical factory. The cool thing about Tokyo zoning though is that anything below a nuisance level is pretty much allowed. Want to build a house next to a dump or above a discotheque? Go for it, no one is going to stop you.
- anotheracctfo 4y ago"I live above a bowling alley, and below another bowling alley" Rent has gotten so outrageous that this is a good thing now.
- mrfox321 4y ago"Don't ask me how the economy works"
- steveklabnik 4y agoSome people have different preferences when it comes to housing. My place overlooks a freeway. I really, truly dislike that freeway. But one thing I do like about it is the noise that it makes, even at night. I find it very hard to fall asleep in silence. Oh and I should mention that most of the units in my building do not face the freeway, and therefore, those who prefer quiet can also get that, even in the same building.
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- nemo44x 4y agoYou should really check the air quality you're breathing. I agree about sound, but there's other ways to generate it. Seriously though, check the air quality you breath.
- steveklabnik 4y agoAir quality is absolutely one of the reasons that I hate that highway. It sucks. I'm of the persuasion that highways should never go through cities. I'd never argue living by a highway is good. It's just that one isolated aspect of it that others may find bad, I find good, due to preference.
- zumu 4y agoLooking forward, if we really do turn automotive transportation green, some of the negative effects like air quality will improve dramatically. Though I suppose the accompanying reduction in noise will be a detriment for your particular sleeping needs.
- steveklabnik 4y agoThat would improve that, for sure :) I would still hate the highway for tons of other reasons... and I would happily just play some white noise on a speaker instead in exchange for being rid of it. Oh well.
- DebtDeflation 4y agoYes, it makes sense to mix Residential and Commercial in many cases. It rarely makes sense to mix Industrial with either Residential or Commercial. No one wants a smelter next to a house or an office.
- steveklabnik 4y agoThis SimCity style thinking about zoning is just too simplistic. Yes, absolutely, nobody wants to live next to a smelter. But not every commercial property is a smelter. People love to live near corner stores, yet that is "commercial."
- WkndTriathlete 4y agoThat's why zoning in the US is classified Residential, Commercial / Light Industrial, and Heavy Industrial, and Residential never abuts Heavy Industrial.
- steveklabnik 4y agoYes. I personally still find this far too simplistic, and would prefer non-exclusionary zoning.
- HWR_14 4y agoThe smelter is "Industrial" not "Commercial". At least in SimCity abstractions. Usually commercial and some level of manufacturing overlap in zoning, but smelters are in a different category.
- steveklabnik 4y agoSure. Three or five total zoning designations is still not fine-grained enough, especially if they're exclusive.
- JAlexoid 4y agoA tailor and laundry are technically industrial use, yet I wouldn't mind having a taylor or a laundry service nearby.