> I prefer, but people want to use government violence (i.e regulation) to force people to live in a manner they did not self select. [...] I have massive probl

> I prefer, but people want to use government violence (i.e regulation) to force people to live in a manner they did not self select. [...] I have massive problems with using government to do it. We are on the same page, then. In most of American and Canadian cities municipal zoning bylaws force the construction of single-family homes and disallow the construction of mixed-use moderate density buildings. With that in mind, one may begin to wonder if the reason we don't see more walkable neighborhoods is because they are currently illegal to build, not because there is no demand for them. And, indeed, there is plenty of demand for them.