Re:Who Americans spend their time with, by age
by burner831234 on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:21PM
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Actually the rise of suburbs was subsidized by the federal government.
Separately a lot of state and local legislation that is contentious can be copy pasted and sent along by lobbying groups.
You make this statement like there are national zoning laws. Doing exactly this is common in northeastern New Jersey, and the result is pretty dense and walkable suburban areas. That said, much of this is due to momentum; many of the suburbs were platted before car ownership was widespread and the later ones continued similar, familiar patterns.