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Re:WA House passes bill banning single-family zoning by vndsodfogis on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @12:29PM (#35071974)
"single family zoning" means zoning that is only for single family housing. there is nothing misleading about the title.
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Re:WA House passes bill banning single-family zoning by _aavaa_ on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @02:05PM (#35073331)
To someone not familiar with the technical meaning "bill banning single-family zoning" reads like "a bill which imposes a ban on allowing you to build single-family houses".
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Re:WA House passes bill banning single-family zoning by vndsodfogis on Thursday March 09, 2023 @06:29PM (#35088372)
just because someone doesn't know what words mean it doesnt mean that the words are misleading
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Re:WA House passes bill banning single-family zoning by _aavaa_ on Friday March 10, 2023 @09:51AM (#35094961)
It absolutely can, as evidenced by several comments here.

As a second example. If you tell people that an object is inflammable. I would except that some non-negligible portion of people to assume that the object is not flammable.

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Re:WA House passes bill banning single-family zoning by more_corn on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:28PM (#35074974)
It’s misleading because it implies that single family homes will be banned.
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Re:WA House passes bill banning single-family zoning by adamredwoods on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @06:28PM (#35076211)
It was to me. I am not familiar with zoning terminology.
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