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Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem by TulliusCicero on Saturday December 02, 2017 @02:39PM (#15833591)
Why is that weird? We have state and federal level laws for all kinds of things. A city's zoning laws don't just affect it, as the insane housing prices in the bay area will attest to.

We tried letting cities decide on their own, the results have been atrocious. That's why recently the state legislature recently passed a bunch more laws to compel cities to allow more housing. If you want affordable rents, the status quo is clearly broken.

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Re:The Great American Single-Family Home Problem by WillPostForFood on Sunday December 03, 2017 @03:22AM (#15836604)
Because 80% of the legislators of the state aren't from the bay area, and have no stake in setting local zoning, and really are in no position to say whether the results are atrocious or perfection.
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