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American zoning is typically—though not always—cumulative (aka Euclidean) as well. I believe Chicago is an exception to the norm though. The problem is also tha
by mminer237 3y ago
American zoning is typically—though not always—cumulative (aka Euclidean) as well. I believe Chicago is an exception to the norm though. The problem is also that people just don't often want to live in a commercial or industrial zone even if they have the right.
- bobthepanda 3y agoHousing in less ideal places makes up the bedrock of affordable housing. The reality is that eventually a city becomes too large to house everyone in a house with a large yard on a cul-de-sac. The entire affordability crisis is driven by bougie tastes pricing people out by eliminating the entire bottom rung of the market. In many places the starter home simply doesn’t exist anymore.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoTo get to the root cause, you have to go one level further. People (broadly speaking) want to live near people at least at their socioeconomic level, or higher than themselves. People want to live away from people below their socioeconomic level. At least for the purposes of their kids’ commingling in public schools. A society with greater differences between its members, whether it be due to skin tone, income, wealth, ethnicity, religion, language, etc, will result in more stratified development. Not necessarily, but apparently quite likely.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI mean there is a housing crisis in egalitarian Scandanavia as well. In fact aside from Japan every single developed country has a housing crisis.