CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days

Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by yamtaddle on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:20PM (#34598137)

Everybody (for certain values of "everybody", I guess I should specify because this is HN) wants 0.5-5 acres on the edge of a nice, compact city. A little land, no close neighbors, but still very close to everything and the city itself is nice & pleasant to visit.

But if too many people get it, you don't have a compact city anymore, you have a sprawl hellscape that's neither country nor city, but a habitat for cars.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by nsxwolf on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:51PM (#34598706)

I live in what you would probably call a sprawl hellscape, and I love it.

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Re:CA Cities to Lose All Zoning Powers in 2 Days by yamtaddle on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @01:24PM (#34599356)

Having to hop in a car to do either human things or nature things makes it the worst of both worlds. Not enough land to do anything with, view is just a bunch of cookie-cutter houses with boring landscaping, lawn-mower noises all weekend long. Anything worth doing starts with a 15 minute drive, minimum, each way, and the view out the window the whole way is mostly parking lots and roads. And fast food signs.

But I don't have enough money for private school for all the kids, and all the top 50% of school districts for like a 200 mile radius are in the burbs. So. I "love" them.

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