belligeront

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by belligeront 4y ago
The origins of zoning were to exclude black, Chinese, and jewish workers and residents from white neighborhoods. https://www.kqed.org/news/11840548/the-racist-history-of-sin... Today, they continue to be used to e
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by belligeront 4y ago
Zoning is almost all bath water. We can regulate where industrial use can exist as separate laws and get rid of the 97% of zoning that has been a disaster for the US socially, economically, and environmentally.
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by belligeront 4y ago
We can regulate where industrial use can exist as separate laws and get rid of the 97% of zoning that has been horrible for land use in the US
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by belligeront 4y ago
Suburban infrastructure is much more costly per resident than urban infrastructure. However, we massively subsidize suburban infrastructure and restrict urban environments with zoning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyy
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by belligeront 4y ago
Agreed. This is one of the most transit dense areas of ny and the country. The amount of available street parking was minuscule compared to the amount of people walking/biking/transiting on 14th.
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by belligeront 4y ago
If so, I'm sad to say that the city recently removed the traffic calming on 16th ave https://denverite.com/2022/06/09/denver-installed-traffic-ca...
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by belligeront 4y ago
It's people that have the highest impact milage. We can pack food tightly into a truck and they don't mind waiting when the packing takes some time. We can't easily pack humans more densely into trucks, so reducing their mile
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by belligeront 4y ago
Cities aren't loud, cars are. Unfortunately, if you live in the states, we've let cars overtake 99.9% of our cities. It's not this way everywhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTV-wwszGw8
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by belligeront 5y ago
Shouldn't the person driving 2000+ lbs of machinery be responsible for how they are operating rather than a person trying to walk in a crosswalk?
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by belligeront 5y ago
And if you wait to long to allow building, you get stuck in a negative feedback loop where people who work in the building trades get priced out of a city, so construction costs spiral out of control too.
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by belligeront 5y ago
There is huge demand for people to live in dense walkable areas that can't be met because of restrictive zoning. You may not want to live like that, but plenty of people do. We should allow them.
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by belligeront 5y ago
The problem in the United States is there is almost no choice. If I want to live in walkable/bikable area, I might be fine with living in a tiny flat at a reasonable price. But because of zoning, parking minimums, discretionary review,
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by belligeront 7y ago
It is insane that given the destruction that cars cause we don't do more to reduce their use.
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by belligeront 8y ago
'Exerting property rights' = preventing others from building on their property. 'Exerting voting rights' = zone newcomers, poor people, and apartment dwellers out of existence so they can't vote in our local electio