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Re:Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking l... by djbebs on Saturday October 23, 2021 @04:53PM (#28972147)
Nothings wrong with that. Nothing is stopping you from buying up the land around you, or agreeing with you neighbors to make a HOA that has those characteristics.

The problem with zoning, is that it isn't voluntary.

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Re:Long Beach has temporarily suspended container stacking l... by pessimizer on Saturday October 23, 2021 @05:38PM (#28972588)
It's certainly as voluntary as a HOA, which were originally called White Homeowners Associations.

Zoning is assigned by democratically elected administrations. HOAs are restrictive covenants that are required for the purchase of a house. Every single thing identified as NIMBYism could be enforced by covenants, and keeping blacks and Jews out was literally their original purpose.

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