Restrictive zoning is too broadly used here for me to agree. Does it apply to some situations? Absolutely. Does it apply to all? Of course not. Cities place suc

Restrictive zoning is too broadly used here for me to agree. Does it apply to some situations? Absolutely. Does it apply to all? Of course not. Cities place such zoning regulations, not "the elite". Do the elite cause cities to do so? Absolutely, in some cases but certainly not in all (or even most?). Some cities prefer "more green space" than others, for example, and thus restrictive zoning is put in place to prevent over-development. You think "too few apartments" is bad? Try "We let developers overbuild during the last boom and, now that we're in a bust, there is 5,000,000 sq ft of abandoned buildings in a 1 mile radius". Many cities/towns work hard to restrict the areas of development so that the city "identity" is not eroded.