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Writing from Houston, what do you want to ask? Land use isn't nearly as free-wheeling as people both here and elsewhere like to pretend. There's loads of restr
by chao- 2y ago
Writing from Houston, what do you want to ask?
Land use isn't nearly as free-wheeling as people both here and elsewhere like to pretend. There's loads of restrictions, both good and bad, and permitting is not quite the nightmare as it is in (from what I hear) New York City, but it's still no walk in the park if you are trying to do anything unusual.
- dylan604 2y agoYou must be one that didn’t buy in the floodplains.
- stogot 2y agoDevelopers build in floodplains in every state. What’s your point? If you live in a floodplain your insurance makes you buy flood insurance. There’s entire cities in Florida built on former swamps
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> There’s entire cities in Florida built on former swamps Entire countries [1]. (Hell, our nation's capital.) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
- chao- 2y agoI thought you might have a genuine question. I see now that you just wanted to kvetch. If your house flooded in Allison, Harvey, or the Tax Day floods, I am sorry that you went through that, but I am curious: when was it built?