> Old law proposes to turn the Bay Area's zoning system into something like Japan's in just two days. Would be exciting to see this flip switched because it wo

> Old law proposes to turn the Bay Area's zoning system into something like Japan's in just two days. Would be exciting to see this flip switched because it would help resolve some debates at the very least. Clearly the housing market in Japan is dramatically different than that of North America and it would be very interesting to see if it is indeed the zoning that is the dominant reason for this difference. Many have pointed to the zoning as being the core thing that induces more affordable housing in Japan, and hand in hand with that is the notion that if we adopted a more Japanese style zoning that we'd see some of our housing problems solved, but there are many other differences between the housing economy of Japan and NA than just zoning. If we more closely mirror Japanese style zoning and we don't see the same results, it means there's more to it than just the zoning.