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As far as an uninformed reader is concerned (think either the typical cable news watcher or the typical apolitical person), "ending single-family zoning" reads
by bdw5204 4y ago
As far as an uninformed reader is concerned (think either the typical cable news watcher or the typical apolitical person), "ending single-family zoning" reads as "banning new single-family housing". Most voters, let alone most people, are every bit as clueless about public policy details as the people who held up "keep the government out of my Medicare" signs at the protests against Obamacare so you need to be really careful to explain what the existing policy is and how it is being changed.
- bigbillheck 4y agoI think it's fair to expect a little bit more out of the average hacker news poster.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> As far as an uninformed reader is concerned (think either the typical cable news watcher or the typical apolitical person), "ending single-family zoning" reads as "banning new single-family housing". I really don’t think that’s true. Yes, the average citizen is uninformed about the average policy issue, but that alone doesn’t support a characterization that most unsophisticated readers has the same very specific misunderstanding of a particular policy issue when identified in the usual terms. There are some issues where something like that is the case, and there is polling to suggest that, but just making the unsupported leap from “unsophisticated citizens” to “this particular misunderstanding” with no evidence is not warranted.