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Yes, 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 wan
by DebtDeflation 4y ago
Yes, 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.
- HWR_14 4y agoThey seem to be zoned commercially in most zoning laws I look at. Where are they zoned only industrial?