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The US can't even zone a residential neighborhood without lawyers and special interests jamming things up for decades through endless impact studies and litigat
by brudgers 8mo ago
The US can't even zone a residential neighborhood without lawyers and special interests jamming things up for decades through endless impact studies and litigation.
Famously, Houston has no zoning.
- ThePowerOfFuet 8mo agoThe downside is that then nothing prevents a fireworks factory, or tannery, or whatever, right in the middle of a residential area. Or, as they say everything is bigger in Texas, why not think big... an oil refinery!
- mr_toad 8mo agoA bit of quick searching reveals that Houston does have many building regulations, for example restrictions of hazardous enterprises. It’s just that the regulations aren’t quite as black and white as zoning laws. https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/houston-doesnt-have-zoning-there-are-workarounds https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/houston-doesnt-have-zoning...