Re:Put tiny businesses back into residential neighborhoods
by save_ferris on Friday July 24, 2020 @09:34AM
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Ah that's right, use-based zoning. I still don't see how removing all zoning would de facto make cities easier to get around in, particularly when the US has a long history of private interests working against public mobility projects. The reason Americans are so dependent on cars was largely influenced by big automakers.
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Re:Put tiny businesses back into residential neighborhoods
by Mvhsz on Friday July 24, 2020 @10:07AM
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I tend to think that the outcome of removing zoning in the US would be very case-by-case. In a desirable urban neighborhood with height restrictions and a historical building commission, it might be possible to add a lot more density and storefronts without zoning. On the other end, I don't think a developer would add a story to a suburban olive garden along a busy road. If anything it might be cheaper to build sprawl without zoning.
Re:Put tiny businesses back into residential neighborhoods
by save_ferris on Saturday July 25, 2020 @08:11AM
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> On the other end, I don't think a developer would add a story to a suburban olive garden along a busy road. If anything it might be cheaper to build sprawl without zoning.
I think this is exactly Houston’s situation and why it is such a disaster from a walkability standpoint.