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"The "traditional free way of life" was not living in a city where you couldn't be a farmer" This is nostalgia. For most of human existence, we did not farm. W
by WildUtah 12y ago
"The "traditional free way of life" was not living in a city where you couldn't be a farmer"
This is nostalgia. For most of human existence, we did not farm. We lived in small hunter gatherer bands in very small numbers migrating over vast open landscapes.
But that doesn't invalidate the dream of being a freehold farmer in today's world. It's no reason to prohibit being a small independent yeoman farmer the way North Korea has.
And there's no reason to prohibit building a traditional city and living an urban life the way US central planning has outside a few grandfathered exceptions which have become incredibly expensive because demand rises while supply cannot grow.
- cromwellian 12y agoApparently, you didn't read what I wrote "We lived nomadically or in small tribes and villages." Interference with US city organic expansion is primarily due to zoning regulations and nimbyism, and more than anything it results from people who have a romantic love affair with keeping the city exactly the way it is without accommodating for inevitable growth. Pretty much the only projects that can get approved are those from huge organizations who have the money and power to overcome years of opposition until they finally can get projects approved. The average guy who wants to convert an empty building into a cafe, warehouse, or living space, or remodel an area faces excessive red tape.